Onyomi: リョク, ロク · Kunyomi: みどり · Meanings: green
Kanji for green
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緑 is made from the thread radical 糸 on the left and 彔 on the right. 糸 often relates to colors, dyes, or fine materials like cloth. 彔 originally means to record or collect, but here it gives the sound and idea of something spreading. When threads are dyed and spread with fresh color, they often become the color of new plants and leaves. From this image, 緑 came to mean the color green.
緑 is threads dyed with the fresh color of plants.
Imagine many threads (糸) being dipped into fresh green dye, like leaves and grass in spring. That bright plant color is 緑.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 緑 | みどり | green | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 緑茶 | りょくちゃ | green tea, Japanese tea | common Noun |
| 緑内障 | りょくないしょう | glaucoma | Noun |
| 緑色 | みどりいろ | green, green color | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 緑黄色野菜 | りょくおうしょくやさい | vegetables high in beta-carotene | Noun |
| 緑地 | りょくち | green tract of land, green space | common Noun |
| 緑青 | ろくしょう | verdigris, green rust, copper rust | Noun |
| 緑黄色 | りょくおうしょく | greenish yellow | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 緑風 | りょくふう | early-summer breeze | Noun |
| 緑豆 | りょくとう | mung bean (Vigna radiata), green gram | Noun |