# 黄 — yellow

黄 means “yellow”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: オウ (ou), コウ (kou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: yellow
- On'yomi: オウ (ou), コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N3 · set A bit of everything 2

## How to remember 黄

Parts: 廿 twenty · 由 derive from · 八 eight; spreading legs

## More in the “A bit of everything 2” set

[縄](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/rope/) · [緑](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/green/) · [黄](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/yellow/) · [糸](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/thread/) · [皿](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/plate/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/yellow/. Last updated 2026-11-01.