鬱金色

Japanese
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 forms
  • 欝金色

Etymology

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

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

Noun

鬱金色 (hiragana うこんいろ, rōmaji ukon iro)

  1. (color) the color of turmeric, a yellow, saffron color, saffron yellow, golden-yellow

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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