黄蘗色

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄	蘗	色
き Grade: 2	はだ Hyōgai	いろ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
黃蘗色 (kyūjitai)

黄蘗色 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きはだいろ [kìhádáíró] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲiha̠da̠iɾo̞]

Noun

黄(き)蘗(はだ)色(いろ) • (kihadairo)

bright yellow colour

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

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