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Kanji Detail for 藍 - "indigo, indigo blue"

藍

  • Meaning

    藍 means "indigo, indigo blue." Also associated with rags.

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

    2. Indigo blue - The color blue.

    3. Rags - Tattered cloth.

  • Four-character idioms with 藍

    • 七堂伽藍 しちどうがらん Listen complete seven-structured temple compound
    • 堂塔伽藍 どうとうがらん Listen religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)

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    • Verified meaning: indigo, indigo blue
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あい, あいじ, あお, あおい)
    • Also carries these associations: rags

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 藍

    Given names 藍(あい)Listen 藍(あお)Listen 藍(あおい)Listen 藍(らん)Listen

    Surnames 藍(あいじ)Listen 藍(らんらん)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ran(ラン) ラン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ai(あい) あい

  • Strokes

    tip

    18 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    indigo indigo blue rags dye color hue pigment fabric plant blue shade natural cloth botanical

Sentences including 藍

  • I'm not able to remove the indigo dye in my hair!

  • Indigo blue is one of Japan's traditional colours.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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