Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time
Kun:
く.れるく.らす
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
978 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 暮雨 【ボウ】 evening rain
  • 暮雲 【ボウン】 twilight clouds
  • 歳暮 【セイボ】 year-end gift, end of the year, year end
  • 朝々暮々 【チョウチョウボボ】 every morning and evening

Kun reading compounds

  • 暮れる 【くれる】 to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with
  • 暮らす 【くらす】 to live, to get along, to spend (time)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐらし、 ぐれ、 ぽ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • anochecer
  • vivir
  • finalizar
  • obscurecerse
  • acabar

Portuguese

  • meio de vida
  • ganhar a vida
  • gastar tempo

French

  • mener sa vie
  • vivre
  • arriver à son terme
  • coucher de soleil
982 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1789 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
915 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4041 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1140 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
606 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2190 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1428 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1517 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1158 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
979 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2971 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1522 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2070 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
237 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14128X Morohashi
2354 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2508 New Nelson (John Haig)
232 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
247 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
979 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1978 2001 Kanji
3k11.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-10-4 SKIP code
2-7-7 SKIP code
4460.3 Four corner code
1-42-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66ae Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
colour, prettiness
Parts:
color
Kun:
いろ
On:
ショクシキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
621 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 色 【ショク】 counter for colours
  • 紫色 【ムラサキイロ】 purple, violet
  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 色 【シキ】 rupa (form), visible objects (i.e. color and form)
  • 色彩 【シキサイ】 colour, color, hue, tints
  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 極彩色 【ゴクサイシキ】 richly colored, richly coloured

Kun reading compounds

  • 色 【いろ】 colour, color, hue, tint, tinge, shade, complexion, skin colour, skin color, look (on one's face), expression, appearance, air, feeling, personality, character, tone (of one's voice, etc.), tune, sound, ring, love, lust, sensuality, love affair, lover, paramour, beauty, sexiness, physical appeal, kind, type, variety
  • 色合い 【いろあい】 colouring, coloring, shade (of colour), hue, tone, tinge, tint, flavour, nuance, feel, sense, look
  • 紫色 【むらさきいろ】 purple, violet
  • 橙色 【だいだいいろ】 orange (color, colour)

Readings

Japanese names:
しか、 しこ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
se4, shai3
Korean:
saeg

Spanish

  • color
  • aspecto

Portuguese

  • cor

French

  • couleur
94 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
162 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
145 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
326 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3889 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
241 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
243 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
345 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
204 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
204 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1599 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2522 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1280 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1769 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30602 Morohashi
2029 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4956 New Nelson (John Haig)
1753 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1890 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
405 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
127 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2556 2001 Kanji
2n4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2771.7 Four corner code
1-31-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8272 Unicode hex code