Moto 色: ColorKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ショク、シキ
- Kun'yomi
- いろ
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 908 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ショク・シキ)
- 色彩しきさいcolour; color
- 特色とくしょくcharacteristic; feature
- 難色なんしょくdisapproval
- 一色いっしょくone color; one colour
- 異色いしょくunique; distinctive
- 染色体せんしょくたいchromosome
- 色紙しきしsquare fancy cardboard, used for autographs, poetry, etc.
- 染色せんしょくdyeing; staining
- 褐色かっしょくdark brown; colour of tanned skin
- 色調しきちょうcolor tone; colour tone
- 色素しきそpigment; coloring
- 彩色さいしきcolouring; coloring
- 三色さんしょくthree colours; three colors
- 中間色ちゅうかんしょくintermediate color; intermediate colour
- 二色にしょくtwo-color; two-colour
- 五色ごしょくfive colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours
- 出色しゅっしょくoutstanding; excellent
- 単色たんしょくsingle colour (color); monochrome
- 原色げんしょくprimary colour; primary color
- 同色どうしょくsame color; same colour
- 国際色こくさいしょくinternational character
- 変色へんしょくchange of color; change of colour
- 多色たしょくmany colors; many colours
- 好色こうしょくlasciviousness; lechery
- 極彩色ごくさいしきrichly colored; richly coloured
- 気色ばむけしきばむto grow angry; to display one's anger
- 淡紅色たんこうしょくpink; rose
- 潤色じゅんしょくrhetorical flourishes
- 無色むしょくcolourless; colorless
- 物色ぶっしょくlooking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low
- 発色はっしょくcoloring; colouring
- 着色ちゃくしょくcolouring; coloring
- 紅色こうしょくred (color, colour)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 色いろcolour; color
- 黄色きいろyellow; amber
- 灰色はいいろgrey; gray
- 緑色みどりいろgreen; emerald green
- 茶色ちゃいろlight brown; tawny
- 音色ねいろtone color; tone colour
- 色合いいろあいcolouring; coloring
- 顔色かおいろcomplexion; one's colour
- 白色しろいろwhite
- 金色きんいろgolden (colour, color)
- 玉虫色たまむしいろiridescent colour
- 紫色むらさきいろpurple; violet
- 色気いろけcolouring; coloring
- 銀色ぎんいろsilver (color, colour)
- 黒色くろいろblack (colour, color)
- 赤色あかいろred; red color (colour)
- オリーブ色オリーブいろolive (colour, color); olive brown
- オレンジ色オレンジいろorange (colour, color)
- バラ色バラいろrose-colour; rose-color
- 七色なないろthe seven prismatic colors (colours)
- 十人十色じゅうにんといろseveral men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes
- 声色こわいろtone of voice
- 旗色はたいろsituation; outlook
- 桃色ももいろpink (colour, color); colour of peach (flowers)
- 橙色だいだいいろorange (color, colour)
- 水色みずいろlight blue; pale blue
Other readings
- 景色けしきscenery; scene
Showing the 60 most common of 908 words. See them all in the graph.
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