鬱金色

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
鬱	金	色
うつ > う Grade: S	こん Grade: 1	いろ Grade: 2
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
欝金色

Etymology edit

Compound of 鬱金 (ukon, “turmeric”) +‎ 色 (iro, “color”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) うこんいろ [ùkóń író] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkõ̞ɰ̃ iɾo̞]

Noun edit

鬱(う)金(こん)色(いろ) • (ukon iro)

the color of turmeric, a yellow, saffron color, saffron yellow, golden-yellow

References edit

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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