Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
はだ
Hyōgaiji
いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
黃蘗色 (kyūjitai)
 黄蘗色 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From 黄蘗(きはだ) (kihada, Amur cork tree) + (いろ) (iro, colour), referring to the fact that yellow dye was historically manufactured from the bark of the tree.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(はだ)(いろ) (kihadairo

  1. bright yellow colour

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN