紺色

Chinese

		violet or purple	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
trad. (紺色)		紺	色
simp. (绀色)		绀	色
alternative forms		空色

Etymology

Derived from Japanese 紺色(こんいろ) (kon'iro).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khóng-sek

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóng-sek
    • Tâi-lô: khóng-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofngseg
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Noun

紺色

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) navy blue; dark blue

Synonyms

• 紺／绀 (gàn)
• 藍／蓝 (lán)
• 靘色
• 藍色／蓝色 (lánsè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紺	色
こん Grade: S	いろ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɰ̃iɾo̞]

Noun

紺(こん)色(いろ) • (kon'iro) 

1. navy blue; dark blue

Descendants

• → Min Nan: 紺色／绀色 (khóng-sek)
• → Korean: 곤색(色) (gonsaek), 감색(紺色) (gamsaek)

See also

• ネイビー (neibī), ネービーブルー (nēbīburū), 濃紺(のうこん) (nōkon)

Korean

Hanja in this term
紺	色

Noun

紺色 • (gamsaek) (hangeul 감색)

1. Hanja form^? of 감색 (“navy blue; dark blue”).