色

Meaning

Color · color

Readings

• On (音読み): ショク・シキ
• Kun (訓読み): いろ

Example words

• 色（いろ）— color
• 色々（いろいろ）— various; all sorts
• 景色（けしき）— scenery

Structure

Radical 色 (いろ · Color) · 6 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

色々 (いろいろ) = various, all sorts — one of the most-used words in speech and nothing to do with colors. Noun colors become い-adjectives with 色: 黄色い, 茶色い; but 緑 and ピンク stay nouns: 緑の, ピンクの. 景色 けしき is an official irregular reading (not ケイ+シキ) — learn it as one word.