Keyword
color
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig1890
Readings
いろ
(66%)
しき
(5%)
じき
(2%)
Composed of
hook claw
swirly pattern
Mnemonic

You want to color your hook? Just dip it into that that liquid over there which looks like a swirly pattern. That's paint. Lots of paints mixed together. That's why it's swirly.

Used in kanji (3 in total)
cut off
glossy
glossy [old]
Used in vocabulary (934 in total)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
scenery; scene; landscape
Examples (200 in total)
Do you like this color?
Do you like these colors?
I hate the colour of this wall.