Hanja Analyzer
色

色 — saek

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빛 색
Romanization
saek
English
color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
Mandarin
sè
Japanese on'yomi
ショク, シキ
Japanese kun'yomi
いろ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#621 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
色 (139, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+8272

Parts that make up 色

  • 𠂊 꾸릴 포, 쌀 포variant of 勹 몸을 굽혀 감싼 팔감싸고 두르는 일
  • 巴 꼬리 파 몸을 사린 뱀‘파·비’ 계열의 소리

How 色 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 色 as a ideographic compound involving 爪, 卩.

Korean example words with 色

  • 미색微色 Korean gloss: 엷은 빛
  • 서색曙色 Korean gloss: 새벽 빛
  • 농색濃色 Korean gloss: 짙은 빛깔
  • 산색山色 Korean gloss: 산의 경치
  • 일색日色 Korean gloss: 해의 빛깔
  • 피색疲色 Korean gloss: 피곤한 빛
  • 노색怒色 Korean gloss: 성난 얼굴빛
  • 색택色澤 Korean gloss: 빛나는 윤기
  • 일색一色 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 미인
  • 각색各色 Korean gloss: 갖가지의 빛깔
  • 기색飢色 Korean gloss: 굶주린 얼굴빛
  • 단색單色 Korean gloss: 한 가지 빛깔

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 色

  • 色いろ colour; color; hue
  • 色彩しきさい colour; color; hue
  • 特色とくしょく characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity
  • 難色なんしょく disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
  • 黄色きいろ yellow; amber
  • 異色いしょく unique; distinctive; novel
  • 一色いっしょく one color; one kind; one tendency
  • 灰色はいいろ grey; gray; ashen
  • 景色けしき scenery; scene; landscape
  • 緑色みどりいろ green; green color
  • 茶色ちゃいろ brown; light brown; tawny
  • 音色ねいろ tone color; tone colour; tone quality

Other hanja read “색”

嗇 塞 槭 濇 瀒 穡 索 賾

Other hanja with radical 色

艴 艶 艷

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