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kao iro / gan shoku
顏色 is kind of a weird selection for a wall scroll, but we added it to our database at the request of a customer.
顏色 means “color” in Chinese. However, in Japanese, it would mean complexion, countenance, or expression. The last character is used alone in Japanese (and sometimes in Chinese with/as an adjective/modifier) to mean “color.”
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
朱 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu shu しゅ |
More info & calligraphy: Vermillion(1) vermillion (colour); cinnabar; red orange; (2) vermillion (pigment); (3) (See 朱墨) cinnabar ink stick; (4) correction written in red ink; (female given name) Beni Red, vermilion. |
橙 see styles |
chéng cheng2 ch`eng cheng daidai; daidai だいだい; ダイダイ |
More info & calligraphy: Orange(1) bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (abbreviation) (See 橙色・だいだいいろ) orange (color, colour); (female given name) Chen |
紺 绀 see styles |
gàn gan4 kan kon こん |
More info & calligraphy: Violet Color(noun - becomes adjective with の) navy blue; deep blue; (surname) Konsaki A violet or purplish colour, a blend of blue and red; also called紺靑 and紺璢璃, the colour of the roots紺髮 or 紺頂 of the Buddha's hair. |
藍 蓝 see styles |
lán lan2 lan ai(p); ai あい(P); アイ |
More info & calligraphy: Blue / Indigo(1) (kana only) dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); (2) (See インジゴ) indigo (dye); (3) (See 藍色) indigo (colour); (personal name) Ranran Blue, indigo; translit. ram, lam. |
赤 see styles |
chì chi4 ch`ih chih sekizaki せきざき |
More info & calligraphy: Scarlet / Red / Crimson(1) red; crimson; scarlet; (2) red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); (3) (colloquialism) Red (i.e. communist); (4) (abbreviation) red light; (5) (abbreviation) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; (adj-no,n-pref) (6) complete; total; perfect; obvious; (7) copper; (surname) Sekizaki kaṣāya 袈沙野, red, hot; south; naked. |
金 see styles |
jīn jin1 chin kin きん |
More info & calligraphy: Gold / Metal(1) gold (metal); (2) (See 金色) gold (color); (3) gold (medal); first place (prize); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); (5) money; gold coin; (6) (written before an amount of money) sum (of money); (7) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (n,ctr) (8) karat (measure of purity of gold); carat; (9) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing); (10) (hist) Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (11) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (12) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉) testicles; (surname) Kimu; Kim hiraṇya, 伊爛拏 which means cold, any precious metal, semen, etc.; or 蘇伐刺 suvarṇa, which means "of a good or beautiful colour", "golden", "yellow", "gold", "a gold coin", etc. The Chinese means metal, gold, money. |
銀 银 see styles |
yín yin2 yin ginji ぎんじ |
More info & calligraphy: Silver(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) silver (Ag); (2) silver coin; money; (3) silver medal; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) silver colour; silver color; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) silver (Ag); (2) silver coin; money; (3) silver medal; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) silver colour; silver color; (5) (shogi) (abbreviation) silver general; (out-dated kanji) (1) money; (2) metal; (personal name) Ginji rūpya. Silver; money. |
鼠 see styles |
shǔ shu3 shu nezumi(p); nezu; nezumi(p) ねずみ(P); ねず; ネズミ(P) |
More info & calligraphy: Rat / Mouse(1) (kana only) mouse; rat; (2) (See 鼠色) dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour) muṣa; ākhu; a mouse, rat. |
暗い see styles |
kurai くらい |
More info & calligraphy: Kurai |
ヘザー see styles |
hezaa / heza ヘザー |
More info & calligraphy: Heather |
不動明王 不动明王 see styles |
bù dòng míng wáng bu4 dong4 ming2 wang2 pu tung ming wang fudoumyouou / fudomyoo ふどうみょうおう |
More info & calligraphy: Fudo Myo-o / Wisdom King不動尊 Aryacalanatha 阿奢羅曩 tr. 不動尊 and 無動尊 and Acalaceta, 阿奢囉逝吒 tr. 不動使者. The mouthpiece or messenger, e. g. the Mercury, of the Buddhas; and the chief of the five Ming Wang. He is regarded as the third person in the Vairocana trinity. He has a fierce mien overawing all evil spirits. He is said to have attained to Buddhahood, but also still to retain his position with Vairocana. He has many descriptive titles, e. g. 無量力神通無動者; 不動忿怒王, etc. Five different verbal signs are given to him. He carries a sharp wisdom-sword, a noose, a thunder-bolt. The colour of his images is various—black, blue, purple. He has a youthful appearance; his hair falls over his left shoulder; he stands or sits on a rock; left eye closed; mouth shut, teeth gripping upper lip, wrinkled forehead, seven locks of hair, full-bodied, A second representation is with four faces and four arms, angry mien, protruding teeth, with fames around him. A third with necklaces. A fourth, red, seated on a rock, fames, trident, etc. There are other forms. He has fourteen distinguishing symbols, and many dharanis associated with the realm of fire, of saving those in distress, and of wisdom. He has two messengers 二童子 Kimkara 矜羯羅 and Cetaka 制吒迦, and, including these, a group of eight messengers 八大童子 each with image, symbol, word-sign, etc. Cf. 不動佛. |
斑 see styles |
bān ban1 pan mura(p); mura むら(P); ムラ |
spot; colored patch; stripe; spotted; striped; variegated (noun or adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; nonuniformity; blotchiness; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) (kana only) unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; instability; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) (kana only) fickleness; capriciousness; fitfulness; (surname) Madara Spotted, striped, streaked, variegated. |
淺 浅 see styles |
qiǎn qian3 ch`ien chien sen |
shallow; light (color) Shallow; superficial; light in colour; simple, easy. |
素 see styles |
sù su4 su so そ |
raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever (adj-na,adj-no,n) (1) plain, white silk; (adj-na,n,adj-no) (2) {math} (See 互いに素) prime; (given name) Motoi Original colour or state; plain, white; heretofore, usual; translit. su.; To keep to vegetarian diet; vegetarian. |
色 see styles |
shǎi shai3 shai shoku しょく |
(coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3 zi5] (counter) counter for colours; (female given name) Shiki rūpa, outward appearance, form, colour, matter, thing; the desirable, especially feminine attraction. It is defined as that which has resistance; or which changes and disappears, i. e. the phenomenal; also as 顯, 形 and 表色 colour and quality, form or the measurable, and mode or action. There are divisions of two, i. e. inner and outer, as the organs and objects of sense; also colour and form; of three, i. e. the visible object, e. g. colour, the invisible object, e. g. sound, the invisible and immaterial; of eleven, i. e. the five organs and five objects of sense and the immaterial object; of fourteen, the five organs and five objects of sense and the four elements, earth, water, fire, air. rūpa is one of the six bāhya-āyatana, the 六塵; also one of the five skandhas, 五蘊, i. e. the 色身. Keith refers to rūpa as 'material form or matter which is underived (no-utpādā) and which is derived (utpādā)', the underived or independent being the tangible; the derived or dependent being the senses, e. g. of hearing; most of their objects, e. g. sound; the qualities or faculties of feminity, masculinity, vitality; intimation by act and speech, space; qualities of matter, e. g. buoyancy and physical nutriment. |
艶 艳 see styles |
yàn yan4 yen tsuya(p); tsuya つや(P); ツヤ |
variant of 艷|艳[yan4] (1) gloss; luster; lustre; shine; sheen; polish; (2) mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); (3) interest; appeal; charm; color; colour; feeling; (4) romance; love; sexiness; (given name) Yoshi |
薄 see styles |
bò bo4 po usu うす |
see 薄荷[bo4 he5] (prefix) light (e.g. colour, color); (surname) Haku Thin, poor, shabby: to slight, despise; to reach to; the herb mint. |
一色 see styles |
yī sè yi1 se4 i se isshoku(p); isshiki; hitoiro いっしょく(P); いっしき; ひといろ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) one color; one colour; one article; monochrome; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing; (surname) Hitotsuiro A colour, the same colour; the same; especially a thing, or a form, v. rūpa 色; minute, trifling, an atom. |
丹絵 see styles |
tane たんえ |
(hist) {art} (See 浮世絵) tan-e; early multi-colour ukiyo-e print |
主色 see styles |
shushoku しゅしょく |
predominant color; predominant colour |
九想 see styles |
jiǔ xiǎng jiu3 xiang3 chiu hsiang kusō |
(九想觀) or 九相 navasaṃjñā. Meditation on a corpse in order to curb desire; one of the meditations on the unclean: vyādhmātakasaṃjñā, its tumefaction; vinīlakas., its blue, mottled colour; vipadumakas., its decay; vilohitakas., its mess of blood,etc.; vipūyakas., its discharges and rotten flesh; vikhāditakas., its being devoured by birds and beasts; vikṣiptakas., its dismembering; asthis., its bones; vidagdhakas., their being burnt and returning to dust. |
余色 see styles |
yoshoku よしょく |
complementary color; complementary colour |
健陀 see styles |
jiàn tuó jian4 tuo2 chien t`o chien to kenda |
健杜; 健達 gandha, smell, scent; a tree producing incense; the first and last also mean (as do 乾陀 and 乾馱) kaṣāya, a colour composed of red and yellow, the monk's robe, but the sounds agree better with kanthā, the patch-robe. Also used for skandha, v. 塞建陀, the five constituents; also for gandharvas, v. 乾闥婆. |
六境 see styles |
liù jìng liu4 jing4 liu ching rokkyou / rokkyo ろっきょう |
{Buddh} six objective fields of the senses (shape and colour, sound, scent, flavour, physical feeling, and mental presentation) The six fields of the senses, i. e. the objective fields of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and idea (or thought); rūpa, form and color, is the field of vision; sound, of hearing; scent, of smelling; the five flavors, of tasting; physical feeling, of touch; and mental presentation, of discernment; cf. 六入; 六處 and next. |
共紙 see styles |
tomogami ともがみ |
paper of the same material, colour, etc.; same type of paper |
共色 see styles |
tomoiro ともいろ |
same colour; same color |
冥い see styles |
kurai くらい |
(adjective) (1) dark; gloomy; (2) dark (in colour); dull; (3) depressed; dispirited; (4) sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); (5) unclear; unfamiliar; unknown |
加沙 see styles |
jiā shā jia1 sha1 chia sha kasha |
Gaza (territory adjacent to Israel and Egypt) 迦沙; 袈裟 kaṣāya, a colour composed of red and yellow, i. e. brown, described as a mixed colour, but 加沙野 is defined as 赤 red. |
勒沙 see styles |
lè shā le4 sha1 le sha rokusha |
lākṣā, lac; a reddish colour, probably cochineal. |
半白 see styles |
bàn bái ban4 bai2 pan pai hanpaku はんぱく |
fifty (years of age) (1) grayish color; greyish colour; (2) grizzled hair; (place-name) Hanpaku |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Color | 顏色 颜色 | kao iro / gan shoku kaoiro / ganshoku | yán sè / yan2 se4 / yan se / yanse | yen se / yense |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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