The kanji 色: meaning, readings and stroke order

色

Meaning: color
On reading: ショク shoku、シキ shiki
Kun reading: いろ iro
Strokes: 6
Radical: 色 colour, prettiness
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: màu sắc (sắc)
Japanese: いろ。
Korean: 색깔 (색)
Chinese: 颜色

Readings, words and example sentences

ショク shoku · on reading

原げん色しょく
primary color, bright pure color
原げん色しょくで元気な絵をかきます。
I paint a lively picture in bright colors.

シキ shiki · on reading

色しき紙し
square card for writing poems or names
色しき紙しに歌を書きました。
I wrote a poem on a square card.

いろ iro · kun reading

色いろ
color
わたしのすきな 色いろは青です。
My favorite color is blue.

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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.