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Green Rice 緑 リョク、ロク みどり 緑(みどり Greenery Esp

Kanji
Onyomi リョク、ロク
Kunyomi みどり
English green
Examples 緑(みどり): (1) green (2) greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 1180
Components 糸: thread
彔: to carve wood
Number of Strokes 14
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 120
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading いと・いとへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword green
Koohii Story 1 When you attend a green tea (緑茶=りょくちゃ) ceremony, you can cherish the threadwork on the kimonos people don, the broom-like whisk (茶筌 =ちゃせん) you use to grind up your tea, and the delicious rice cakes you eat with your tea!
Koohii Story 2 In summer, all of Japan turns green with the green threads that fan out like brooms to later produce grains of rice. An easy image if you have ever looked out the window of the train to see all the summer rice paddies...

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade3, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_physical.properties_color

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