色
color

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シキショク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

いろ

Nanori (名乗り)

しかしこ

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:2
Strokes:6
JLPT:4
Frequency:621

Vocabulary

シキ

WordReadingMeaning
彩色サイシキcolouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
色彩シキサイcolour; color; hue; tints
色紙シキシsquare fancy cardboard, used for autographs, poetry, etc.
色素シキソpigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
色調シキチョウcolor tone; colour tone

ショク

WordReadingMeaning
異色イショクunique; distinctive; novel; singular; unusual; special; different color (colour)
灰色カイショクgrey; gray; ashen
顔色ガンショクcomplexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
脚色キャクショクdramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization; embroidery
景色ケイショクscenery; scene; landscape

Other

WordReadingMeaning
色葉いろはtraditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
黄色いきいろいyellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
灰色はいいろgrey; gray; ashen
褐色かっしょくdark brown; colour of tanned skin
顔色かおいろcomplexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

免
dismissal, excuse
Grade 8JLPT 1
肥
fertile, fertilizer, get fat, manure, pamper
Grade 5JLPT 1
角
angle, antlers, corner, horn, square
Grade 2JLPT 2
把
bunch, counter for bundles, faggot, grasp
Grade 8JLPT 1
絶
abstain, be beyond, cut off, discontinue, interrupt, peerless, sever, suppress, unparalleled, without match
Grade 5JLPT 3
声
voice
Grade 2JLPT 3
晩
night, nightfall
Grade 6JLPT 3
鬼
devil, ghost
Grade 8JLPT 1
勉
diligent, encourage, endeavour, exertion, make effort, strive
Grade 3JLPT 4
届
arrive, deliver, forward, notify, reach, report
Grade 6JLPT 2