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December 2015

2016 Pantone Color of the Year: Rose Quartz & Serenity

By colors, Design, Fashion
For the first time, Pantone has declared a blend of two shades as its color of the year for 2016: Rose Quartz PANTONE 13-1520 & Serenity PANTONE 15-3919.

The new 2016 Pantone Color of the Year: Rose Quartz and Serenity is a modern day stress reliever that simultaneously reassures and calms the being.

The balance between the warm rose and the cool blue soothes and brings peace and order. The Rose Quartz is gentle while Serenity is airy, a combination that brings respite in these stressful and turbulent times.

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像: to resemble

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

像 xiàng

verb
: to resemble; to be like; to look as if
: such as
: appearance; image; portrait
: image under a mapping (math.)

Kun Reading

象る | かたどる katadoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to pattern after; to imitate
: to symbolize

On Reading

像 | ぞう zou

noun | noun suffix
: statue; image; figure; picture; portrait

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象: elephant

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

象 xiàng

noun
: elephant
: image; shape; form; appearance
: to imitate

Kun Reading

象る | かたどる katadoru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to pattern after; to imitate
: to symbolize

象さん | ぞうさん zousan

noun
: elephant

On Reading

象 | ぞう zou

noun
: elephant

象 | しょう shou

noun
: phenomenon

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蟲: worms; insects

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

蟲 [虫] chóng

noun | radical 142
: lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
: person with a particular undesirable characteristic

Kun Reading

虫 | むし mushi

noun
: insect; bug; cricket; moth; worm

虫けら | むしけら mushikera
: worm; insect

On Reading

チュウ chuu
キ ki

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