丹碧

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	碧
たん Grade: S	へき > ぺき Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

From tan (丹, cinnabar red, vermilion, red) + heki (碧, deep blue, azure, blue).

Noun

丹(たん)碧(ぺき) • (tanpeki) 

1. red and green

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN