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List: Colours/色

all the different types of kanji that mean a certain colour or 色.

List: Colours/色
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all the different types of kanji that mean a certain colour or 色.
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7 Jun 2025, 5:37 p.m.
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7 Jun 2025, 5:46 p.m.
Showing 1 - 10 of 21 words for the list Colours/色.
あかaka

Wordpopular  obsolete kanji  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  colloquial  abbreviation  hanafuda 

  • red, crimson, scarlet
  • red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
  • Red (i.e. communist)
  • red light (traffic)
  • red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red
  • complete, total, perfect, obvious
  • copper
  • red 5-point card
朱色しゅいろshuiro

Wordnoun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • vermilion (colour), cinnabar
えんじ色えんじいろenjiiro

Wordnoun  noun (generic) 

  • dark red, deep red
オレンジorenji

Wordpopular  JLPT N1  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • orange (fruit, colour)
橙色だいだいいろdaidaiiro

Wordpopular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • orange (color, colour)
黄色きいろkiiro

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective 

  • yellow, amber
黄緑きみどりkimidori

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • pea green, yellow-green
みどりmidori

Wordpopular  rarely used kanji form  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • green
  • greenery, verdure
あおao

Wordpopular  JLPT N5  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  abbreviation  hanafuda  prefix 

  • blue, azure
  • green
  • green light (traffic)
  • black (horse coat color)
  • blue 5-point card
  • immature, unripe, young
水色みずいろmizuiro

Wordpopular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • light blue, pale blue, aqua

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