Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
rainbow
Kun:
にじ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2110 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 虹技 【コウギ】 Kogi Corporation
  • 虹霓 【コウゲイ】 rainbow
  • 副虹 【フクニジ】 secondary rainbow
  • 月虹 【ゲッコウ】 moonbow, lunar rainbow, whitish rainbow cast by moonlight, lunar bow, space rainbow

Kun reading compounds

  • 虹 【にじ】 rainbow
  • 虹色 【にじいろ】 rainbow-colored, rainbow-coloured
  • 夕虹 【ゆうにじ】 evening rainbow
  • 過剰虹 【かじょうにじ】 supernumerary rainbow

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2, jiang4
Korean:
hong, gang

Spanish

  • arco iris

Portuguese

French

  • arc-en-ciel
4118 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
882 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2235 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2045 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1637 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
863 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1180 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
526 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32830 Morohashi
1285 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5279 New Nelson (John Haig)
520 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
559 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1672 2001 Kanji
6d3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
5111.0 Four corner code
1-38-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8679 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