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色 means 'color'

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Strokes : 6    Radical number: 139    Frequency: 269   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-6    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 11    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 168 words   Used in 736 words   Used in 344 names   Component in 12 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ショク   シキ
Kun
   いろ color
Additional readings
Name    しか   しこ
Variants
⾊  
Notes
See how the radical on duty in 色 and 艶 (glossy) represents something off-color!
Components
⿱  ⺈ (ク) corner  巴 comma  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 色 is used 24 times, read 3 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 色 is used 685 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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ショク : 302 words FIND ALL
と く し ょ く 0
noun
1. characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; personal colour
2. spot color (in printing)
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シキ : 73 words FIND ALL
し き さ い 0
noun
colour; color; hue; tints
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シキ (read as じき) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
Konjikido (name of a temple building)
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ショク (read as しょっ) : 1 word FIND ALL
さ ん し ょ く き 3
noun
tricolour flag; tricolor flag
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いろ : 306 words FIND ALL
い ろ 2
noun
1. colour; color
2. complexion
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
け し き 1
scenery; scene; landscape
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An additional 47 less common words include 色 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 162 (originally: 145)  Joy o' Kanji : 145  Key to Kanji: 560 

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色
ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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巴
ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
⺈
corner
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