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How do you read 橙 in Japanese?
A fruit that also names a color.
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Give the native Japanese reading for this citrus fruit.
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A citrus fruit resembling an orange; its name also appears before 色 to name a color.
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tree radical beside 登
tree radical 16 strokes orange fruit
木 next to 登 reading
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橙 has 16 strokes and the radical 木 (tree). Radicals are dictionary classifications. The shape-based search phrases below provide other lookup clues.
橙16 strokes / radical: 木 (tree)
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The answer is
だいだい
daidai
橙
Understand the meaning
English translationBitter orange
The bitter orange tree and its fruit. 橙色 describes an orange hue like that of the ripe fruit.
See it in a sentence
庭の橙が色づき、緑の葉の間で目立っていた。The bitter oranges in the garden had ripened, standing out among the green leaves.
A way to remember
It combines 木 and 登. The fruit name daidai repeats the same pair of sounds.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 橙
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Using 橙
橙の木 and 橙の実 identify the tree and its fruit. The word can appear in a garden observation or a scene of handling the fruit.
例：庭で実った橙を一つ、机の上に置いて眺めた。
I placed a daidai fruit from the garden on my desk and looked at it.
Reading and meaning in context
The quiz asks for the plant name だいだい. Connect the reading with context clues such as 木 or 実.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 橙
Explanation checked on 2026-10-23. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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