色 Kanji – color
The Japanese kanji 色 can mean color.
Meaning and Readings
How is 色 read?
色 has the onyomi readings ショク, シキ and the kunyomi reading いろ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as shoku, shiki, iro.
Common Japanese Words Using 色
These common Japanese words contain 色. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 以色列（イスラエル） — Israel
- 異色（いしょく） — unique, distinctive, novel, singular, unusual, special
- 黄色い（きいろい） — yellow
- 灰色（はいいろ） — grey, gray, ashen
- 褐色（かっしょく） — dark brown, colour of tanned skin
- 顔色（かおいろ） — complexion, one's colour, one's color
- 旗色（はたいろ） — situation, outlook
- 脚色（きゃくしょく） — dramatization (e.g. of a novel), dramatisation, adaptation (for the stage or screen)
- 玉虫色（たまむしいろ） — iridescent colour
- 銀色（ぎんいろ） — silver (color, colour)
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