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漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

緑: green

JLPT N214 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 彔 gives the sound

14 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Three readings, and the words that use each

リョクryoku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 緑茶りょくちゃgreen tea, Japanese tea
  • 新緑しんりょくfresh verdure
  • 葉緑素ようりょくそchlorophyl

ロクroku · on'yomi

  • 緑青ろくしょうcopper rust, verdigris

みどりmidori · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 緑みどりgreenery
  • 緑色みどりいろgreen

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
More in the 糸 thread story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
糸

Also built on thread (糸)

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彔

Also built on 彔

緑 takes the 彔 family's reading, ロク (roku).

Also read リョク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Also read ロク

6 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
緑 green · 糸
vs録 record · 金
緑 has 糸 where 録 has 金.
In ChineseSimplified 绿 · traditional 綠 · lǜ

Three different forms: Japanese 緑, simplified 绿, traditional 綠.

Simplified
绿 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
綠 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lǜ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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