緑

See also: 綠, 绿, and 縁

緑 U+7DD1, 緑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DD1 ← 緐 [U+7DD0] CJK Unified Ideographs 緒 → [U+7DD2]

Translingual

Traditional	綠
Shinjitai	緑
Simplified	绿

Etymology

Variant and Japanese Simplified from 綠 (彔 → 录).

In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *roɡ): semantic 糸 + phonetic 录 (lù)

Han character

緑 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火弓一水 (VFNME), composition ⿰糹录)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 929, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27541
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3421, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7DD1

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 緑 – see 綠 (“green; to become green; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 綠).

Japanese

Shinjitai	緑
Kyūjitai	綠

Kanji

緑

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 綠)

1. green

Readings

• Go-on: ろく (roku, Jōyō ^†)
• Kan-on: りょく (ryoku, Jōyō)
• Kun: みどり (midori, 緑, Jōyō)
• Nanori: つか (tsuka)、つな (tsuna)、のり (nori)

Compounds

• 緑(りょく)衣(い) (ryokui): green robes; by extension, a parrot
• 緑(りょく)陰(いん) (ryokuin), 緑(りょく)蔭(いん) (ryokuin): the shade of a tree, a shady nook
• 緑(りょく)雨(う) (ryokū): an early summer rain, a rain in May
• 緑(りょく)営(えい) (ryokuei): one of the regular army groups in China during the Qing Dynasty
• 緑(みどり)猿(ざる) (midorizaru): the green monkey, Chlorocebus sabaeus
• 緑(りょく)黄(おう) (ryokuō): greenish yellow
• 緑(りょく)化(か) (ryokuka), 緑(りょっ)化(か) (ryokka): greening, tree-planting
• 緑(りょっ)化(か)運(うん)動(どう) (ryokka undō): a greening or tree-planting campaign
• 緑(りょく)眼(がん) (ryokugan): green eyes, green-eyed
• 緑(りょく)岩(がん) (ryokugan): green stone; green metamorphic rock
• 緑(りょっ)旗(き) (ryokki): one of the regular army groups in China during the Qing Dynasty
• 緑(りょく)玉(ぎょく) (ryokugyoku): a green jewel; poetic name for bamboo
• 緑(みどり)児(ご) (midorigo), 緑(りょく)児(じ) (ryokuji): a young child under the age of three, particularly under the old Taihō Code of ancient Japan
• 緑(りょく)酒(しゅ) (ryokushu): fresh sake (rice wine)
• 緑(りょく)樹(じゅ) (ryokuju): a healthy tree with lush green leaves
• 緑(りょく)綬(じゅ)褒(ほう)章(しょう) (ryokuju hōshō): a medal of honor with a green ribbon to signify virtuous conduct
• 緑(りょく)十(じゅう)字(じ) (ryokujūji): the Green Cross, a play on the Red Cross and a symbol in Japan of industrial health and safety
• 緑(りょく)女(じょ) (ryokujo): a girl under the age of three under the Taihō Code of ancient Japan; a young girl
• 緑(みどり)小灰蝶(しじみ) (midori shijimi): a type of butterfly, Neozephyrus japonicus
• 緑(りょく)色(しょく) (ryokushoku): the color green
• 緑(りょく)水(すい) (ryokusui): green water
• 緑(ろく)青(しょう) (rokushō): verdigris, the oxidation of copper
• 緑(みどり)石(いし) (midorīshi): a type of reef coral
• 緑(りょく)閃(せん)光(こう) (ryokusenkō): green flash
• 緑(りょく)草(そう) (ryokusō): lush green grass
• 緑(りょく)藻(そう) (ryokusō): green algae in general
• 緑(りょく)藻(そう)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) (ryokusō shokubutsu): Chlorophyta, a division of green algae
• 緑(りょく)藻(そう)類(るい) (ryokusōrui): green algae types, as a classification in biology
• 緑(りょく)苔(たい) (ryokutai): green moss
• 緑(りょく)黛(たい) (ryokutai): green eyebrow paint, a type of cosmetic
• 緑啄木鳥(あおげら) (aogera): the Japanese green woodpecker, Picus awokera
• 緑(りょく)地(ち) (ryokuchi): a wooded area
• 緑(りょく)地(ち)化(か)計(けい)画(かく) (ryokuchika keikaku):　an afforestation plan
• 緑(りょく)地(ち)帯(たい) (ryokuchitai): a greenbelt
• 緑(りょく)竹(ちく) (ryokuchiku): lush green bamboo
• 緑(りょく)茶(ちゃ) (ryokucha): green tea
• 緑(りょく)柱(ちゅう)玉(ぎょく) (ryokuchūgyoku): a beryl crystal or jewel: an emerald
• 緑(りょく)柱(ちゅう)石(せき]) (ryokuchūseki]): the mineral beryl
• 緑(みどり)虫(むし) (midorimushi): Euglena, a genus of unicellular flagellate protists.
• 緑(みどり)虫(むし)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) (midorimushi shokubutsu): Euglenoidea/Euglenophyceae, a class of unicellular flagellate protists.
• 緑(りょく)泥(でい) (ryokudei): a green mud containing significant amounts of chlorite
• 緑(りょく)泥(でい)石(せき) (ryokudeiseki): chlorites, a group of phyllosilicate minerals
• 緑(りょく)泥(でい)片(へん)岩(がん) (ryokudei hengan): chlorite schist
• 緑(りょく)土(ど) (ryokudo): a wooded area
• 緑(りょく)豆(ず) (ryokuzu) 緑(りょく)豆(とう) (ryokutō): alternate name for the 八重生(ヤエナリ) (yaenari), the mung bean
• 緑(りょく)内(ない)障(しょう) (ryokunaishō): glaucoma
• 緑(りょく)波(は) (ryokuha): a green wave
• 緑(りょく)髪(はつ) (ryokuhatsu): healthy and shiny black hair; a euphemism for a monk or nun
• 緑鳩(あおばと) (aobato): the Japanese green pigeon, Treron sieboldii
• 緑(りょく)肥(ひ) (ryokuhi): green manure
• 緑(りょく)肥(ひ)作(さく)物(もつ) (ryokuhi sakumotsu): the plants or crop used to make green manure
• 緑(りょく)蕪(ぶ) (ryokubu): lush green grass or weeds
• 緑(りょく)風(ふう) (ryokufū): the soft breezes of late spring and early summer: zephyr
• 緑(りょく)風(ふう)会(かい) (Ryokufūkai): Japanese a political faction formed in 1947, lasting until 1965
• 緑(りょく)便(べん) (ryokuben): green stool or feces, such as that produced by children suffering from digestive problems
• 緑(りょく)門(もん) (ryokumon): an arched gate made of cedar or cypress boughs, made at times of celebration
• 緑(りょく)野(や) (ryokuya): a lush green field
• 緑(りょく)葉(よう) (ryokuyō): green leaves
• 緑(りょく)葉(よう)甘(かん)藍(らん) (ryokuyō kanran): alternate name for 羽衣(はごろも)甘藍(かんらん) (hagoromo kanran), kale
• 緑葉梟(あおばずく) (aobazuku): the brown hawk-owl, Ninox scutulata
• 緑(りょく)羅(ら) (ryokura): light green
• 緑(りょく)林(りん) (ryokurin): lush green woods; a thief's or robber's hideout; by extension, thieves or robbers
• 緑(りょく)簾(れん)石(せき) (ryokurenseki): epidote, a calcium aluminum iron sorosilicate mineral: Ca₂Al₂(Fe^IIIAl)(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)O(OH)
• 緑(りょく)礬(ばん) (ryokuban), 緑(ろう)礬(は) (rōha), 緑(ろく)礬(ばん) (rokuban): melanterite, a mineral form of hydrous iron(II) sulfate: FeSO₄·7H₂O
• 緑(りょく)蘿(ら) (ryokura): lush green ivy or vines
• 緑(ろう)衫(そう) (rōsō), 緑(ろく)衫(さん) (rokusan): a dark green coat worn by a sixth-ranked official in ancient Japan
• 緑(りょく)袍(ほう) (ryokuhō): a green overcoat worn by nobility; a noble rank in ancient Japan
• 緑(りょっ)光(こう) (ryokkō): green flash
• 閃(せん)緑(りょく)岩(がん) (senryokugan): diorite
• 嫩(どん)緑(りょく) (donryoku): tender green
• 白(びゃく)緑(ろく) (byakuroku): whitish green

Etymology

Kanji in this term
緑
みどり Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
綠 (kyūjitai) 翠

From Old Japanese. Originally referred to new buds and shoots, later expanding via metonymy to mean green.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みどり [míꜜdòrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲido̞ɾʲi]

Noun

緑(みどり) • (midori) 

1. green (color)
2. verdure

   緑(みどり)の匂(にお)い

   midori no nioi

   the scent of greenery

3. a new bud or shoot
4. (archaic) in the Edo Period, an apprentice to a high-ranking courtesan, from ages six or seven through thirteen or fourteen
5. in kabuki and 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”), performing just the main parts of a work and omitting the 狂言 (kyōgen)

Synonyms

• (courtesan's apprentice): 禿(かぶろ) (kaburo)
• (abridged performance): 見(み)取(と)り, 見(み)取(とり) (mitori)

Derived terms

• 緑(みどり)児(ご), 嬰(みどり)児(ご) (midorigo): a baby

See also

Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text)

白(しろ) (shiro)	灰(はい)色(いろ) (haiiro), 鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated)	黒(くろ) (kuro)
赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku), クリムゾン (kurimuzon), 紅(べに)色(いろ) (beniiro), 紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaiiro), 茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro)	橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro), オレンジ (orenji); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo), 褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku)	黄(き)色(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori)	緑(みどり) (midori), 青(あお) (ao) (dated)	若(わか)緑(みどり) (wakamidori)
水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro), シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の(の)羽(はね)色(いろ) (kamo no hane iro)	空(そら)色(いろ) (sorairo), 縹(はなだ) (hanada); 青(あお) (ao)	紺(こん)藍(あい) (kon'ai); 紺(こん) (kon)
菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo)	赤(あか)紫(むらさき) (akamurasaki), マゼンタ (mazenta); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki)	桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro), ピンク (pinku)

Proper noun

緑(みどり) • (Midori) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname