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Common four-character idioms

How do you read 十人十色 in Japanese?
Tastes and perspectives vary from person to person.

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How do you read this in Japanese?

十人十色

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People can have different tastes and ideas even about the same thing. The second 十 is read to.

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Describe the shapes you see

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  • reading of Japanese idiom with 十 人 色

  • idiom with 色 meaning people differ

  • 十人十 followed by a character like 色

These searches describe visual similarities, not formal radicals or character components.

十: 2 strokes; radical 十 (ten). 人: 2 strokes; radical 人 (person). 十: 2 strokes; radical 十 (ten). 色: 6 strokes; radical 色 (color). Distinguish informal descriptions of the shape from the dictionary radical.

十2 strokes / radical: 十 (ten)

人2 strokes / radical: 人 (person)

十2 strokes / radical: 十 (ten)

色6 strokes / radical: 色 (color)

Stroke counts and radicals follow the Japanese dictionary Kanjipedia; other dictionaries may differ.

Kanjipedia「十」 ／ Kanjipedia「人」 ／ Kanjipedia「十」 ／ Kanjipedia「色」

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The answer is

じゅうにんといろ

jūnintoiro

十人十色

Understand the meaning

English translationDifferent people, different tastes

People differ in their tastes, ideas, personalities, and other qualities. The “colors” are a figurative way to express those individual differences.

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Tastes and perspectives vary from person to person.AI-generated illustration

See it in a sentence

同じ小説を読んでも心に残った場面は十人十色で、読書会の話が弾んだ。

Everyone remembered different scenes from the same novel, which made the reading-group discussion lively.

A way to remember

Although 十 occurs twice, it is read jū first and to second. Learn the complete reading jūnintoiro rather than reading each occurrence identically.

Sources：Kanjipedia: 十人十色

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Describe what differs

Use expressions such as 好みは十人十色 or 受け止め方も十人十色. The phrase helps describe differences without automatically declaring one person wrong.

例：表紙の好みは十人十色なので、展示では雰囲気の違う本を並べた。

Since tastes in book covers vary, we displayed books with a range of visual moods.

The group need not contain exactly ten people

The numbers emphasize individuality; you can use the phrase for three people with different preferences. It does not turn matters with verifiable answers, such as a calculation, into mere personal taste.

References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 十人十色

Explanation checked on 2026-10-25. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.

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