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Kanji Detail for 蒼 - "blue, verdant, deep"

  • Meaning

    蒼 means "blue, verdant, deep."

    1. Blue - A deep blue-green color like grass.

    2. Verdant - Green and flourishing; lush.

    3. Pale - Aged appearance; having grey mixed in.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    blue; pale

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    blue; green

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Cang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dark blue; deep green; old, hoary

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The color of grass. All deep blue-green colors are called 蒼. Such as 蒼江 (gray-green river), 蒼海 (gray-green sea). Also 蒼蒼 is the appearance of something old. The Book of Odes says "The reeds are gray-green." This is the meaning. An old servant is called 蒼頭 (gray head). Meaning one who wraps the head with a blue-green cloth. | The sky is called 彼蒼 (that blue sky). The expression is based on the Book of Odes. Such as saying 穹蒼 (vault of heaven), 昊蒼 (vast sky). All have this meaning. | 蒼生. Refers to the common people. | 莽蒼. The nearby wilderness. Appears in the Zhuangzi.
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