Radical 139 or radical colour (色部) meaning "colour" or "form" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
色 | ||
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色 (U+8272) "colour, form" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | sè | |
Bopomofo: | ㄙㄜˋ | |
Wade–Giles: | se4 | |
Cantonese Yale: | sik1 | |
Jyutping: | sik1 | |
Japanese Kana: | ショク shoku / シキ shiki (on'yomi) いろ iro (kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 색 saek | |
Names | ||
Japanese name(s): | 色/いろ iro | |
Hangul: | 빛 bit | |
Stroke order animation | ||
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 21 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
色 is also the 140th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 色 |
+4 | 艳SC (=豔 -> 豆) |
+5 | 艴 |
+8 | 艵 |
+13 | 艶JP (=豔 -> 豆) |
+18 | 艷GB TC (=豔 -> 豆) |
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a second grade kanji[1]