color, appearance
On'yomi (音読み)
- シュク
- シキ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- いろ
- いろ．いろ
- しょく
- しき
About this kanji
The kanji 色 primarily means "color" or "appearance." It is mostly used as a noun, but it can also appear in verbs when used in compounds. Some common compounds include 色々 (いろいろ), which means "various" or "different kinds," and 色紙 (しきし), meaning "colored paper." Another example is 着色 (ちゃくしょく), which refers to coloring something, like adding color to a drawing. Keep in mind that 色 can also be used to describe someone's emotional state, such as in the phrase 色を失う (いろをうしなう), meaning "to lose one's color" or "to look pale," reflecting a change in mood.
Example sentences
彼女は色が好きです。
She likes colors.
Meanings across languages
- English
- color, appearance
- Tiếng Việt
- màu sắc, hình dáng
- 日本語
- 色, 様子
- 한국어
- 색, 외관
- 中文
- 颜色, 外观
- id
- warna, penampilan
- th
- สี, ลักษณะ
- es
- color, apariencia
- fr
- couleur, apparence
- de
- Farbe, Erscheinung
- pt
- cor, aparência
Common compounds
- 色々いろいろvarious, many kinds
- 色いろcolor
- 色紙しきしcolored paper, special paper for writing
- 着色ちゃくしょくcoloring, dyeing
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