蒼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

blue, pale

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • あお(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音cang1
  • 한글chang
  • Hán-ViệtThương
  • Hán-ViệtThưởng

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+84BC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹倉

Words using this kanji

  • 蒼茫そうぼうvast and blue (e.g. ocean), dusky, shadowy
  • 蒼白そうはく青白いさま。顔色が悪いさま。pale, pallid
  • 蒼天そうてん四天の一つ。春の空。blue sky, azure sky, spring sky, God
  • 蒼然そうぜん青々としているさま。 薄暗いさま。 古びているさま。blue, bluish, dim
  • 蒼生そうせい人民。たみくさ。蒼氓。the masses, people
  • 蒼鉛そうえんビスマスの和名。bismuth
  • 蒼穹そうきゅうblue sky
  • 蒼竜そうりょう青竜の別称。blue dragon, Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens), seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens
  • 蒼氓そうぼう人民。蒼生。万民。the people, the public, citizens
  • 蒼紅そうこうblue and red, azure and crimson
  • 蒼梧そうごChinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex), Chinese bottletree, Japanese varnishtree, phoenix-tree
  • 蒼波そうはblue wave, blue waves
  • 蒼浪そうろう青々とした波。 老衰して容姿などが乱れているさま。blue waves, blue wave, hair that has lost its shine due to ageing
  • 蒼空そうくうblue sky
  • 蒼古そうこ古色を帯び、深い趣があること。また、そのようなさま。old-fashioned and tasteful
  • 蒼翠そうすいblue-green, lush growth
  • 蒼々そうそうblue (sky, ocean, etc.), fresh and green (of vegetation), verdant, lush
  • 蒼炎そうえん青い炎。blue flame, azure flame
  • 蒼白色そうはくしょくpale
  • 蒼鉛剤そうえんざいbismuth preparation, bismuth agent

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(27 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-10
Four Corner
4460.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k10.22
Heisig
2479
Nelson
4025