Color

by Nao

iro, shoku, shiki

Iro means color. Iroiro (twice iro) means many kinds.

Jūnin toiro literally expresses 10 people and 10 colors and therefore it means each individual has a different taste or everyone is different.

How many colors does the rainbow have? The answer in Japanese is nanairo (seven colors). Nanairo also means many kinds. Nanairo sounds happy and sometimes modifies the words meaning life. Nanairo no jinsei means happy life. Nanairo no hi bi is happy days. Each in-between no is joshi (a particle). Nanairo no jinsei and barairo no jinsei have a similar meaning. The bara is rose.

The numbers of colors are in general expressed with the reading shoku. The above-mentioned nanairo and toiro of jūnin toiro are exceptions. One color is isshoku. From two colors to ten colors are nishoku, sanshoku, yonshoku, goshoku, rokushoku, nanashoku, hasshoku, kyūshoku, and jisshoku.

1. Draw the sweeping stroke from the top to the lower left. Make the ending narrower.
2. Draw the hook. After changing the direction of the stroke, draw the sweeping stroke like the previous one. Make the ending narrower.
3. Draw the right-angled hook. Make a nice shoulder after changing the direction of the brush.
4. Draw the short vertical stroke in the rectangle.
5. Draw the horizontal stroke on the lower side of the rectangle.
6. Draw the long curve from where the second and third strokes meet. Finish it with an upward turn.

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