What is the Kanji for "Fresh" and "Vivid"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Fresh" and "Vivid", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Fresh" and "Vivid" is "鮮".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Aza".

Its onyomi reading is "Sen".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "魚" means "Fish" and can be read as "Gyo", "Uo", and "Sakana". And The kanji "羊" means "Sheep" and can be read as "You" and "Hitsuji".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "鮮" mean in japanese?

"鮮" means "Fresh" and "Vivid".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

朝鮮: "Korea". The proper noun '朝鮮 (ちょうせん)' refers to the Korean peninsula and its inhabitants. It is a traditional name for the region that encompasses both North Korea and South Korea. The term is sometimes used to refer specifically to the Korean kingdom that existed from the 7th century AD until the early 20th century. For example: Korea is a country in East Asia - (朝鮮は東アジアにある国です). The Korean peninsula - (朝鮮半島)

北朝鮮: "North Korea". The proper noun '北朝鮮 (きたちょうせん)' refers to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea. It is a country located in East Asia that occupies the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. North Korea is known for its authoritarian government, nuclear weapons program, and tense relations with its southern neighbor South Korea as well as other countries. For example: The president of North Korea visited China - (北朝鮮の大統領が中国を訪問した).

新鮮: "Fresh". The Japanese adjective '新鮮 (しんせん)' means 'fresh'. This word is used to describe food, produce, or other perishable items that are recently made, picked, or prepared. It indicates high quality and a lack of age or deterioration. For example: The vegetables are fresh - (野菜は新鮮です). Fresh air - (新鮮な空気)

鮮やか: "Vivid". The Japanese adjective '鮮やか (あざやか)' means 'vivid'. It is used to describe something that is extremely bright, intense or clear in color. This term can be applied to visual elements like paintings, clothes, lights, etc. as well as more abstract things like emotions, sounds or memories. For example: The sunset had vivid colors - (夕日はあざやかな色でした). Her face had a vivid expression - (彼女の顔はあざやかな表情でした).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". The hiragana "ざ" is read as "za". The hiragana "せ" is read as "se". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.