Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
feather
Parts:
Variants:
green, kingfisher
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2200 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 翠玉 【スイギョク】 emerald
  • 翠松 【スイショウ】 verdant pine, green pine
  • 蒼翠 【ソウスイ】 blue-green, lush growth
  • 川蝉 【カワセミ】 kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis), jade (gem), beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

Kun reading compounds

  • 笑い川蝉 【わらいかわせみ】 laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
  • 緑 【みどり】 green, greenery, verdure
  • 緑色 【みどりいろ】 green, green color

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cui4
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

  • martín pescador
  • verde

Portuguese

French

3676 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2204 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2201 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3356 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1738 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2361 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
28732X Morohashi
2705 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4685 New Nelson (John Haig)
2863 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2876 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2k12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-8 SKIP code
1740.8 Four corner code
1-31-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fe0 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
green
Kun:
みどり
On:
リョクロク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1180 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 緑色 【ミドリイロ】 green, green color
  • 緑化 【リョッカ】 greening (i.e. planting to increase greenery), tree planting, afforestation
  • 新緑 【シンリョク】 fresh verdure, new green leaves
  • 常緑 【ジョウリョク】 evergreen
  • 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
  • 四緑 【シロク】 fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)

Kun reading compounds

  • 緑 【みどり】 green, greenery, verdure
  • 緑色 【みどりいろ】 green, green color
  • 黄緑 【きみどり】 pea green, yellow-green
  • 青緑 【あおみどり】 blue-green, turquoise, aqua, spirogyra, algae forming pond scum

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4
Korean:
rog

Spanish

  • verde
  • verdor

Portuguese

  • Verde

French

  • vert
532 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
435 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
412 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3564 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
876 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
824 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2535 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
537 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
546 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
731 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1546 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1741 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
934 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1383 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27541P Morohashi
1377 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4528 New Nelson (John Haig)
1371 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1471 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
430 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2742 2001 Kanji
6a8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2793.2 Four corner code
1-46-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dd1 Unicode hex code