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Kanji Detail for 藍 - "indigo, indigo blue, rags"

  • Meaning

    藍 means "indigo, indigo blue, rags."

    1. Indigo - A plant of the knotweed family used for blue dye.

    2. Indigo blue - The color blue.

    3. Rags - Tattered cloth.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    indigo

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    blue; indigo plant; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Lan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    blue; indigo plant; surname

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

    A plant name. Leaves are like smartweed. Therefore also called 蓼藍 (polygonum indigo). Between autumn and winter, long stalks emerge. Small red flowers open in spikes. Its leaves can be used as dye. That is indigo. | Blue color. Deep blue is called 蔚藍.
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