黄色

Kanji breakdown

• 黄 (Huáng) · 11 strokes

  Simplified form of 黃. Pictograph of a person with a large belly, representing someone deformed. The 口 component was added to imply sighing. Based on the original meaning "physically disabled", now wri…

• 色 (sè) · 6 strokes

  Depicts a kneeling person (卩) being pushed down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "press down", now written as 抑. The current meaning "color" is a phonetic loan.

Example sentences

1. 黄色です。 — It's yellow.
2. 花は黄色い。 — Flowers are yellow.
3. 黄色のもあるよ。 — There's also a yellow one.
4. バナナは黄色です。 — Bananas are yellow.
5. これは黄色のバラだ。 — This is a yellow rose.

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