緑 — green

みどり緑 green

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes color

U+7DD1 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1180 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1471 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

green

word

みどり midori Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

緑(みどり) midori green 緑(みどり) 色(いろ) midoriiro green color

りょく ryoku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

緑(りょく) 地(ち) ryokuchi green space 緑(りょく) 茶(ちゃ) ryokucha green tea

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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