景色
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
景色 (jǐngsè) · scenery
景色 (jǐngsè) means “scenery; view”. It is written with 2 characters: 景 (scenery) + 色 (color). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 景色 is built
The characters
景 jǐng · scenery
What 景 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 京jīng — capital
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: The sun 日 rising over a city 京; 京 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
色 sè · color
What 色 is made of
- ⺈ — top shape
- 巴bā — to desire
- 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 巳sì — the hours from 9 to 11
Origin hint: What a person ⺈ desires 巴 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里的景色很美。Zhèlǐ de jǐngsè hěn měi.The scenery here is beautiful.
你喜欢秋天的景色吗？Nǐ xǐhuan qiūtiān de jǐngsè ma?Do you like the autumn scenery?
Questions about 景色
What does 景色 mean?
景色 (jǐngsè) means “scenery; view”.
How do you pronounce 景色?
景色 is pronounced jǐngsè.
Which HSK level is 景色?
景色 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 背景bèijǐngbackground
- 风景fēngjǐngscenery
- 情景qíngjǐngscene
- 前景qiánjǐngprospects
- 景点jǐngdiǎntourist attraction
- 景区jǐngqūscenic area
- 美景měijǐngbeautiful scenery
- 白色báisèwhite
- 黑色hēisèblack
- 红色hóngsèred
Learn 景色 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 94: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.