Memory phrase for the character: 色

色

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Meaning

color, sensuality, love affair

Pronunciation

SHOKU, SHIKI
iro

Explanation

 Top: a bent/kneeing person ⺈, bottom: 巴 a variation of a collapsed person 㔾

Mnemonic
 
The bent and the collapsed person are in a colorful love affair.

Radicals

色 color
巴 slumped personThis is a variation of the sitting person 匕
⺈ kneeling person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)




 Vocabulary

淡色 たんしょく  light-colored
黄色い きいろい  yellow
色 いろ  colour, color, complexion, appearance
景色 けしき  scenery, scene, landscape
黄色 きいろ  yellow
特色 とくしょく  characteristic, feature
茶色い ちゃいろい  brown
音色 ねいろ  tone color, tone quality, timbre
赤銅色 しゃくどういろ  brown, tanned

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