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See also: , 绿, and
U+7DD1, 緑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DD1

[U+7DD0]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7DD2]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified 绿

Etymology

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Variant and Japanese Simplified from ().

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

Han character

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

References

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  • 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

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

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Third grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. green

Readings

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

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
みどり
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(みどり) (midori

  1. green (color)
  2. verdure
    (みどり)(にお)
    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

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Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in Japanese · (いろ) (iro) (layout · text)
     (しろ) (shiro)      (はい)(いろ) (haiiro),
(ねずみ)(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated)
     (くろ) (kuro)
             (あか) (aka); (しん)() (shinku),
クリムゾン (kurimuzon),
(べに)(いろ) (beniiro),
(くれない)(いろ) (kurenaiiro),
(あかね)(いろ) (akaneiro)
             (だいだい)(いろ) (daidaiiro),
オレンジ (orenji); (ちゃ)(いろ) (chairo),
(かっ)(しょく) (kasshoku)
             ()(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
             ()(みどり) (kimidori)              (みどり) (midori),
(あお) (ao) (dated)
             (わか)(みどり) (wakamidori)
             (みず)(いろ) (mizuiro),
シアン (shian); (かも)()(はね)(いろ) (kamo no hane iro)
             (そら)(いろ) (sorairo),
(はなだ) (hanada);
(あお) (ao)
             (こん)(あい) (kon'ai);
(こん) (kon)
             (すみれ)(いろ) (sumireiro); (あい)(いろ) (aiiro),
インジゴ (injigo)
             (あか)(むらさき) (akamurasaki),
マゼンタ (mazenta); (むらさき) (murasaki)
             (もも)(いろ) (momoiro),
ピンク (pinku)

Proper noun

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(みどり) (Midori

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN