Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #1251

coloring, paint, makeup

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

bristle sanzukuri

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

colour; color
colourful; colorful
oil painting
brilliance; luster
colouring; coloring
watercolor painting; watercolour painting
camouflage; disguise
conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence
richly colored; richly coloured
brilliance; splendour

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to colour; to color
coloring; colouring

Example sentences

Shades of earth are ringing through my open view inciting and inviting me.

Everything starts wearing fresh colors.

There was a great variety of dishes on the menu.

He seems really depressed and lifeless today. I wonder what took the wind out of his sails.