Kanji Detail for 靛 - "indigo"

靛

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
靛 means "indigo."
1. Indigo - A deep blue color; dye made from the indigo plant.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

indigo; any blue (plant) dye

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

indigo; any blue dye

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

indigo pigment

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

indigo, blue dye

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

A blue dye. Its raw material uses the juice of indigo leaves, mixed with water and lime to precipitate. What floats on the water surface is called 靛花. In medicine it is called 青黛. Painters call it 花青.
Onyomi

den(でん)

ten(てん)
Kunyomi

ai(あい)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

青靑 (ao)
Related Keywords
indigo deep blue color dye made plant