黄蘗色

Japanese
Kanji in this term
黄 蘗 色
き
Grade: 2		 はだ
Hyōgaiji		 いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
黃蘗色 (kyūjitai)

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) 

  1. bright yellow colour

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