The kanji 緑: meaning, readings and stroke order
緑
- Meaning
- green
- On reading
- リョク ryoku、ロク* roku
- Kun reading
- みどり midori
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 糸 silk
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
- Old form
- 綠
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- màu xanh lá (lục)
- Japanese
- みどりいろ。
- Korean
- 초록색 (녹·록)
- Chinese
- 绿色 (绿)
Readings, words and example sentences
リョク ryoku · on reading · less common
新緑
fresh green leaves (of early summer)
山の 新緑が うつくしいです。
The fresh green leaves on the mountain are beautiful.
みどり midori · kun reading
緑
green
木の 葉が 緑に なりました。
The leaves turned green.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.