Kanji: 色

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	色 Radical name: いろ
Meaning:	Color
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 600 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	色(いろ)	color
N5	黄色(きいろ)	yellow
N5	黄色(きいろ)い	yellow
N5	茶色(ちゃいろ)	brown
N4	景色(けしき)	scene, landscape
N2	茶色(ちゃいろ)い	brown
N2	特色(とくしょく)	characteristic, feature
N2	灰色(はいいろ)	grey, gray, ashen
N1	色々(いろいろ)	various
N1	黄色(おうしょく)	yellow
N1	音色(おんいろ)	tone color, tone quality, timbre, synthesizer patch
N1	脚色(きゃくしょく)	dramatization (e.g. film)
N1	色彩(しきさい)	colour, hue, tints
N1	着色(ちゃくしょく)	colouring, coloring