緑色

See also: 綠色 and 绿色

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
緑 色
みどり
Grade: 3		 いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
綠色 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 緑 (midori, “green”) +‎ 色 (iro, “color”).[1][2]

First cited to a portion of the 伊勢集 (Iseshū) collection of waka poetry dating to the late 1000s.[1]

For reasons unexplained, various monolingual Japanese resources only include the ryokushoku reading for this compound, yet still gloss the term as みどりいろ (midori iro).[3][4][5]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) みどりいろ [mìdórí író] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [mʲido̞ɾʲi iɾo̞]

Noun

緑(みどり)色(いろ) • (midori iro) 

  1. [from late 1000s] the color green
Usage notes

May be used attributively with the particle の (no).

  • 緑色(みどりいろ)の葉(は)っぱ、緑色(みどりいろ)のペンキ
    midori iro no happa, midori iro no penki
    a green leaf, green paint / a green-colored leaf, green-colored paint

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
緑 色
りょく
Grade: 3		 しょく
Grade: 2
kan’on
Alternative spelling
綠色 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 綠色 (MC ljowk srik, literally “green + color”). First cited in Japanese to the first half of the 新撰万葉集 (Shinsen Man'yōshū), published in 893.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) りょくしょく [ryòkúshókú] (Heiban – [0])[2][5]
  • IPA(key): [ɾʲo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

緑(りょく)色(しょく) • (ryokushoku) 

  1. [from 893] the color green
Usage notes

May be used attributively with the particle の (no).

  • 緑色(りょくしょく)の空(そら)
    ryokushoku no sora
    a green sky / a green-colored sky
Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. “緑色”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. “緑色”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  5. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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