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Keyword
yellow
Frequency
#1240
Strokes
11
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1887
Readings
き50%
オウ33%
こ17%
Mnemonic
A fence made of sticks keeps the chicks penned in, but the reason they escape is their short legs fit underneath: a flood of fluffy yellow across the yard.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
黄こ金がね
gold; gold coin; gold colour (color)
Noun
黄き色いろ
yellow; amber
Noun
黄おう金ごん
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; excellent; superb; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
Noun
黄き色いろい
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
I-adjective
硫黄いおう
sulfur (S); sulphur
Noun
黄葉もみじ
maple (tree); red leaves (of autumn); autumn colors; leaves changing color; layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors; venison
Noun
黄き緑みどり
pea green; yellow-green
Noun
黄昏たそがれ
dusk; twilight; twilight years
Noun
黄き
yellow
Noun
黄櫨はぜのき
wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree
Noun
黄わ皮ん木ぴ
wampee (Clausena lansium)
Noun
黄泉よみ
Hades; hell; underworld
Noun
黄泉路よみじ
path to Hades; passage leading to the underworld; Hades; hell; underworld
Noun
卵らん黄おう
egg yolk
Noun
黄粉きなこ
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
Noun
黄こう河が
Yellow River (China)
Noun
黄き身み
egg yolk
Noun
水戸黄門みとこうもん
Mito Kōmon (televised period drama; 1969-2011)
Noun
黄鶏かしわ
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
Noun
黄おう土ど
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher
Noun
黄こう海かい
Yellow Sea
Noun
黄こう砂さ
yellow sand; yellow dust; Asian dust; dust carried on high winds from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan; loess; desert
Noun