🎨 Colors — Part 1/3
| English | 漢字 | ひらがな | カタカナ | rōmaji | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 💛 | yellow | 黄色い | きいろい | キイロイ | kiiroi |
| ▪ | black | 黒い | くろい | クロイ | kuroi |
| 💜 | purple | 紫 | むらさき | ムラサキ | murasaki |
| 💙 | blue | 青 | あお | アオ | ao |
| 🏳⚧ | blue | 青い | あおい | アオイ | aoi |
| ❤ | red | 赤 | あか | アカ | aka |
| 🍋🟩 | green | 緑 | みどり | ミドリ | midori |
| 🏳🌈 | colour | 色 | いろ | イロ | iro |
How to read this sheet
- 漢字 kanji
- Characters borrowed from Chinese that carry meaning. One character can have several readings depending on the word.
- ひらがな hiragana
- The core Japanese syllabary. Every word can be written in hiragana — it also shows you exactly how the kanji is pronounced.
- カタカナ katakana
- The angular syllabary used for loanwords (パン, バス), emphasis and many animal or science terms.
- romaji
- Latin-alphabet transcription (Hepburn style) — a pronunciation guide while your kana is still warming up.