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:N4

Frequency:621

Vocabulary

シキ

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

excuse, dismissal

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angle, corner, square, horn, antlers

grasp, faggot, bunch, counter for bundles

discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled

nightfall, night

exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent

deliver, reach, arrive, report, notify, forward