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 ()

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

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Chinese

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

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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

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,
• 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,
• 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,
• 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): /, 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,
• 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 changing via metonymy to mean green.

Noun

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)	オレンジ (orenji), 橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro); 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)	若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori)
シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro)	水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro)	青(あお) (ao)
菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo)	マゼンタ (mazenta), 赤紫(あかむらさき) (akamurasaki); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki)	ピンク (pinku), 桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro)

Proper noun

緑(みどり) or 緑(proper) • (midori or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|みとり]]

1. a female given name
2. .