| く | 
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| 朽 | 
| ち | 
| ば | 
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| 葉 | 
| い | ろ | 
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| 色 | 
noun, takes genitive case の
- russet, tawny, yellow-brown.
 
Variations
| Pronunciation | Kanji | Kana | Is Common | |||||||||
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                            朽ち葉色 | くちばいろ | ||||||||||
                                
 
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                            朽葉色 | くちばいろ | 
Contained Kanji Breakdown
decay, rot, remain in seclusion
く.ちる キュウ くつ (7th, N1)
leaf, plane, lobe
は ヨウ よ (3rd, N3)