色絵

Japanese

Kanji in this term
色 絵
いろ
Grade: 2 		え
Grade: 2
yutōyomi
Alternative spelling
色繪 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 色(いろ) (iro, “colour”) + 絵(え) (e, “picture”).

Pronunciation

Noun

色(いろ)絵(え) • (iroe) ←いろゑ (irowe)?

  1. (pottery) colored drawing on porcelain
    色(いろ)絵(え)磁(じ)器(き)
    iroe jiki
    porcelain with a colored drawing

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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