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yellow
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingコウオウ
Kun readingこ-

Meanings

  1. yellowRtK
  1. gold (Au)
  2. golden
  3. prosperous
  4. excellent
  5. superb

Popular Usage

黄色黄色い黄金

Radicals and components

Radicalyellow
Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

salad · sprout · shoot · animal legs () · eight ()

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1887

Compound words

絵の中の少女は金ではなくて花のかんむりをかぶっています。おうごん
The girl in the picture is wearing a crown not of gold but of flowers.tatoeba
彼は銀の木がある金の都についてすばらしい話を聞いたことがあった。
He had heard wonderful stories about cities of gold with silver trees.tatoeba
彼は色いあの家に住んでいる。
He lives in that yellow house.tatoeba
彼の歯は煙草の吸いすぎで色くなっている。
His teeth are yellow from smoking too much.tatoeba
彼のシャツは灰色でネクタイは色だった。
His shirt was gray and his tie was yellow.tatoeba
梅には色いしべがあった。
Japanese plum had a yellow stamen.wiki
と小麦粉を混ぜて麺を延ばす色い素麺。
Yellow somen containing egg yolk and flour.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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