Illustration: At a Japanese nursery's water-play table, a child discovers one yellow rubber duck bobbing among plain metal cups and clear floating containers. The child leans close and points directly at the duck while a caregiver holds a dripping cup above the water.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

黄き

ki

yellow

黄 is common in color lists and compounds; 黄色 is more usual alone. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 信号機しんごうきは「赤あか・黄き・青あお」の3色しょくです。

    Traffic lights have three colours: red, amber and green.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 朝晩あさばんだんだん冷ひえてきました。やがて木この葉はも赤あかや黄きに変かわることでしょう。

    It is getting colder and colder morning and evening. The leaves of trees will soon turn red or yellow.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 何本なんぼんか花はながある。一本いっぽんは赤あか、もう一本いっぽんは白しろで、その他ほかは黄きだ。

    There are several flowers. One is red, another is white, and the others are yellow.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 黄

  • 黄yellowOnコウ・オウKunき・こ-

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