Moto 黄: YellowKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コウ、オウ
- Kun'yomi
- き、こ-
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 305 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コウ・オウ)
- 黄金おうごんgold (Au)
- 黄金時代おうごんじだいGolden Age
- 卵黄らんおうegg yolk
- 緑黄色りょくおうしょくgreenish yellow
- 黄土おうどloess
- 黄河こうがYellow river (in China)
- 黄海こうかいYellow Sea
- 黄疸おうだんjaundice; icterus
- メチシリン耐性黄色ブドウ球菌メチシリンたいせいおうしょくブドウきゅうきんmethicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus; MRSA
- 中黄卵ちゅうおうらんcentrolecithal egg; mesolecithal egg
- 二黄卵におうらんdouble-yolk egg; double-yolked egg
- 五黄ごおうfifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central)
- 加齢黄斑変性かれいおうはんへんせいage-related macular degeneration; ARMD
- 加齢黄斑変性症かれいおうはんへんせいしょうage-related macular degeneration; ARMD
- 卵黄嚢らんおうのうyolk sac
- 大黄だいおうrhubarb
- 天地玄黄てんちげんこうHeaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth
- 帯黄色たいおうしょくyellowish (color, colour)
- 新生児黄疸しんせいじおうだんneonatal jaundice
- 昇交点黄経しょうこうてんこうけいlongitude of the ascending node
- 木麻黄もくまおうbeefwood (Casuarina equisetifolia)
- 核黄疸かくおうだんnuclear icterus
- 橙黄色とうこうしょくorange (colour)
- 淡黄たんこうpale yellow; light yellow
- 淡黄色たんおうしょくpale yellow; light yellow
- 玄黄げんこうblack and yellow silk (offered to gods); heaven and earth
- 石黄せきおうorpiment
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 黄きyellow
- 黄色きいろyellow; amber
- 黄ばむきばむto turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow
- 黄緑きみどりpea green; yellow-green
- 黄色いきいろいyellow
- 黄身きみegg yolk
- くちばしが黄色いくちばしがきいろいfledgling; young and inexperienced
- まっ黄色まっきいろbright yellow
- メリケン黄脚鷸メリケンきあししぎwandering tattler (species of sandpiper, Tringa incana)
- 嘴が黄色いくちばしがきいろいfledgling; young and inexperienced
- 大黒黄金だいこくこがねhorned dung beetle (Copris ochus)
- 姫黄金ひめこがねsoybean beetle (Anomala rufocuprea)
- 日光黄菅にっこうきすげday lily (Hemerocallis dumortierii); orange-yellow day lily
- 浅黄あさぎlight yellow
- 海黄かいきsea air; sea breeze
- 真っ黄色まっきいろbright yellow
Other readings
- 硫黄いおうsulfur (S); sulphur
- 黄昏たそがれdusk; twilight
- メチシリン耐性黄色葡萄球菌メチシリンたいせいおうしょくブドウきゅうきんmethicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus; MRSA
- 三酸化硫黄さんさんかいおうsulfur trioxide (SO3)
- 二酸化硫黄にさんかいおうsulfur dioxide; sulphur dioxide
- 六フッ化硫黄ろくフッかいおうsulfur hexafluoride
- 六弗化硫黄ろくフッかいおうsulfur hexafluoride
- 塩化硫黄えんかいおうsulphur chloride; sulfur chloride
- 山原手長黄金虫やんばるてながこがねYanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)
- 常磐黄櫨ときわはぜJapanese mazus (Mazus pumilus)
- 朝熊黄楊あさまつげJapanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)
- 樺黄小町蜘蛛かばきこまちぐもJapanese foliage spider (Chiracanthium japonicum)
- 浅黄斑蝶あさぎまだらchestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)
- 牛黄ごおうcalculus bovis; ox bezoar
- 犬黄楊いぬつげJapanese holly (Ilex crenata)
- 硫黄山いおうやまsulfur mine; sulphur mine
- 硫黄島の戦いいおうとうのたたかいBattle of Iwo Jima (1945)
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