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Kanji: 色

KANJI
6 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
いろ
 ON 音 
ショク
シキ
STROKE ORDER
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
いろ
Meaning:
Color
Usage:
Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 600 kanji are used even more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(いろ)
color
N5
(きいろ)
yellow
N5
(きいろ)
yellow
N5
(ちゃいろ)
brown
N4
(けしき)
scene, landscape
N2
(ちゃいろ)
brown
N2
(とくしょく)
characteristic, feature
N2
(はいいろ)
grey, gray, ashen
N1
(いろいろ)
various
N1
(おうしょく)
yellow
N1
(おんいろ)
tone color, tone quality, timbre, synthesizer patch
N1
(きゃくしょく)
dramatization (e.g. film)
N1
(しきさい)
colour, hue, tints
N1
(ちゃくしょく)
colouring, coloring
Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.
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