丹碧

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	碧
たん Grade: S	へき > ぺき Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Etymology

From tan (丹, cinnabar red, vermilion, red) + heki (碧, deep blue, azure, blue).

Noun

丹(たん)碧(ぺき) • (tanpeki)

red and green

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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