Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

1180 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: green

Kunyomi: みどり

Onyomi: リョク ロク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

茶(りょくちゃ)   green tea, Japanese tea

(しんりょく)   fresh verdure

素(ようりょくそ)   chlorophyl

青(ろくしょう)   copper rust, verdigris

(みどり)   greenery

色(みどりいろ)   green

Onyomi Examples

ミドリイロ green, emerald green, green color of new foliage, verdure

リョッカ greening (i.e. planting to increase greenery), tree planting, afforestation

シンリョク fresh verdure, new green leaves

ジョウリョク evergreen

ロクショウ verdigris, green rust, copper rust

シロク fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)

Kunyomi Examples

みどり green, greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

みどりいろ green, emerald green, green color of new foliage, verdure

きみどり pea green, yellow-green

あおみどり blue-green, turquoise, aqua, spirogyra, algae forming pond scum