JLPT N5 · Colors, taste & touch

黄色い

きいろい

yellow

Stroke order of 黄色い

3 characters, 19 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

黄 · 11 strokes色 · 6 strokes い · 2 strokes

Memory trick

Yellow (黄) plus color (色): the color of a glowing field of grain.

Parts: 黄 yellow + 色 color + い

The characters in 黄色い

色いろ — colour (6 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

黄色い花が咲いています。

きいろいはながさいています。

Yellow flowers are blooming.

Words with 色

茶色いbrown 色々various 色colour 茶色brown 景色scenery; view 顔色complexion; look

More words: Colors, taste & touch

茶色いbrown 冷たいcold (to touch)暖かいwarm (weather)温かいwarm (to touch)涼しいcool 熱いhot (to touch)甘いsweet 辛いspicy 苦いbitter 痛いpainful 眠いsleepy 汚いdirty

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