scenery · light

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 景 has 12 strokes; 景色 is read けしき, and 景気 is read けいき.
• Basic usage: 景色 denotes a view or scenery; 景気 denotes economic or business conditions.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Scenery and economic conditions
  • 窓の外の景色 is the view outside a window. 景色, read けしき, refers to the scene as a whole.
  • 町の景気 denotes the town's economic conditions. けいき for 景気 and けしき for 景色 differ in the middle sound: い versus し.