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Kanji Detail for 青 - "blue, green, youth"

青

  • Meaning

    青 means "blue, green, youth."

    1. Blue - The color blue; azure.

    2. Green - The verdant appearance of plant leaves.

    3. Young - Youthful; vigorous.

    4. Immature - Not yet fully developed.

    5. Blue-coated horse - A horse with a blue-gray coat.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    blue; green

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    nature's color; blue, green, black; young

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

    One of the five colors. Like that dyed with indigo. Combined with red, it becomes purple. Combined with yellow, it becomes green. | The ancients considered blue-green the color of the east. Therefore the Crown Prince who resided in the Eastern Palace was also said to be in the 青宮. | The ancients wrote characters on bamboo slips, calling it 殺青 (killing the green). Or they would lightly heat it with fire to let the bamboo sap ooze out, making it easier to carve with a knife, calling it 汗青 (sweating the green). Green refers to the color of bamboo skin. Ancient historians used this for recording, hence history is also called 青史 (green history). | 青年. Refers to the years of youth. Also called 青春. | 青眼. Refers to viewing someone with importance. Ruan Ji of Jin could make his eyes appear blue or white. In correspondence, terms like 垂青 (favoring with blue eyes) and 青覽 (viewed with blue eyes) both originate from this meaning. | One of the Nine Provinces in the ancient Tribute of Yu. Today's Shandong and areas in Liaodong are such places.
  • Onyomitip

    sei(せい) せい

    shoh(しょう) しょう

  • Kunyomitip

    ao(あお) あお

    ao.i(あおい) あおい

  • Strokestip

    8 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    青 靑 (ao)

  • Related Keywords
    blue green azure cyan youth young fresh verdant immature turquoise teal cobalt sapphire aquamarine cerulean indigo navy sky blue sea green vibrant

Sentences including 青

  • The french flag is blue , white and red.

  • His face turned pale on hearing the news.

  • This blue sweater is very pretty.

  • She was wearing a blue coat.

  • I like this blue dress.

  • Do you know the reason why the sky looks blue?

  • Her blue shoes go well with that dress.

  • She had a blue dress on at the party yesterday.

  • Please look at the girl who wore the blue clothes.

  • Yesterday mary gave me a book the cover of which was blue.

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