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色
Color
いろ (iro)
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
🟣In classical Japan, purple (murasaki) color was famously called a kinjiki (forbidden color). Because the dye was so intensely difficult and expensive to extract, wearing it was the ultimate display of royal authority and power.
Memory Trick
🎨 The top of 色 looks like a head, while the bottom looks like a body changing shape. Imagine a Ninja chameleon who changes color whenever he enters a new village.
Readings
Onyomi: ショク (shoku), シキ (shiki)
Kunyomi: いろ (iro)
Example Words
色
いろ (iro)
Color
色々
いろいろ (iroiro)
Various
景色
けしき (keshiki)
Scenery
色紙
しきし (shikishi)
Colored paper
Example Sentence
私は 青い色が 好きです。
わたしは あおいいろが すきです。
watashi wa aoi iro ga suki desu
I like the color blue.