The Japanese Radical: 色


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Meaning
color    色

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 4Joyo 2
color, sensuality, love affair
iro, SHOKU, SHIKI
Top: a bent/kneeing person , bottom: a variation of a collapsed person
The bent and the collapsed person are in a colorful love affair.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
discontinue, exterminate, cease, end
taeru, ZETSU
Left: thread , right: color (top: bent person , below: var. of slumped Person [In knitting often a colored thread is used do indicate the last row/border.]
The thread is in color to discontinue or end (the fabric).  
JLPT -Joyo 7
charm, glossy, luster, polish, colorful
tsuya, EN
Left: abundant 豊 (Bent beans are abundant.) [bend/melody = Sprouts II protruding from the field are bending (in the wind)], right: colour
With an abundance of color it is glossy and charming.  

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