Chinese

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beautiful; beauty; America
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
trad. (美色)
simp. #(美色)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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美色

  1. good looks (usually of a woman); charms
    1. beautiful woman

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese compound 美色 (mˠiɪX ʃɨk̚, literally beauty + color). Compare modern Cantonese reading mei5 sik1.

The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(しょく) (bishoku

  1. beautiful color
  2. beauty (of personal appearance)

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN