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There is a kanji in Japanese, 色 which means, roughly, "color". It is used for the word 顔色, to describe peoples expressions. 色 is supposed to be a picture of two lovers sitting together, exchanging obvious expressions. I am wondering when Japanese people first began using the kanji 色 in association with colors, rather than just using な- and い-adjectives. For example, when was the word 茶色 first used in Japan?
I thought that my 中学校漢字辞書 would tell me because it sometimes tells me word history, but in the case of the kanji 色, there was no temporal information included.
.. 8/ 5(Fri) 09:56[49]
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++ 茂木
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You can see the history of colors in the link, provided. The word 色 came to Japan with The Golden Scrolls, which came in 57 BCE. This was the first writing system Japan ever had, which was Han-period Chinese writing. Japanese people didn't use it in writing until probably 500 years later. こちら
.. 8/ 7(Sun) 11:52[50]
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++ Tori
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History is fun, isn't it?
歴史は楽しいね。
.. 8/15(Mon) 19:36[52]
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