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藍

藍 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

indigo

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ランHS
Kun (native)
  • あいJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音lan2
  • 拼音la5
  • 한글ram
  • Hán-ViệtLam

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Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+85CD

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹監

Words using this kanji

  • 藍あい（あい）タデ科の一年草。 （あい）1.の草より取れる染料で色の一つ。濃い青色。dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye), indigo (dye), indigo (colour)
  • 藍綬褒章らんじゅほうしょうMedal with Blue Ribbon
  • 藍色あいいろ藍で染めた色。濃い青。虹の七色のうち青と紫の間の色とされる。これはが決めたものだが、本来、ニュートンが blue と indigo と呼んだ色は、現代ではシアンと青に当たる。indigo blue, indigo
  • 藍藻らんそうシアノバクテリア門に属する細菌。単細胞であったり、糸状に連なったりする。blue-green algae, cyanobacteria
  • 藍鮫あいざめany shark of genus Centrophorus (esp. the dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus)
  • 藍子アイゴmottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens), dusky rabbitfish, sandy spinefoot
  • 藍靛らんてんindigo
  • 藍絵あいえ藍を主色として、他の色を版画。江戸時代末期に行われ、葛飾北斎、歌川国貞などの作品に見られる。 陶磁器に呉須を藍色の絵模様。ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
  • 藍革あいかわindigo-dyed leather
  • 藍型あいがたstencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
  • 藍紙あいがみindigo-dyed paper, indigo paper, spiderwort-dyed paper
  • 藍瓶あいがめearthenware pot for storing indigo dye
  • 藍隈あいぐまindigo blue make-up used in kabuki
  • 藍汁あいしるmixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)
  • 藍蝋あいろう藍染の甕の泡を乾燥させ棒状に固めたもの。藍棒。indigo wax
  • 藍墨あいずみindigo wax shaped as an inkstick
  • 藍鞣あいなめしindigo-dyed leather
  • 藍蓼あいたでdyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
  • 藍茸あいたけgreen-cracking russula (Russula virescens), quilted green russula, green brittlegill
  • 藍玉あいだまball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-15
Four Corner
4410.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k15.5
Heisig
1565
Nelson
4082