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紺 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

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3Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
コンこん · kon
Kun
—
Meaning
dark blue; navy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

糸 "thread" with 甘: thread dyed deep with indigo — dark blue, navy.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコンこんkon紺青こんじょう紺屋こうや濃紺のうこん

「紺屋」は，「コウや」とも。

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 紺色こんいろ

    navy blue

  • 濃紺のうこん

    dark navy

More words with this kanji

  • 紺碧こんぺき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

紺色(こんいろ)の制服(せいふく)を着(き)ている。

They wear navy uniforms.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading コンAll maps

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