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蒼 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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準1University / general ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
あお.いao.i
Meaning
blue; pale

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass with 倉 as phonetic: the deep blue-green of vegetation, and also pallor.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蒼白そうはく

    pale; ashen

  • 蒼天そうてん

    the blue sky

More words with this kanji

  • 鬱蒼うっそう
  • 蒼昊そうこう
  • 蒼朮そうじゅつ
  • 蒼穹そうきゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

知(し)らせを聞(き)いて顔面(がんめん)蒼白(そうはく)になった。

They turned ashen at the news.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蒼天蒼白蒼天heaven白white芹Japane…芭banana…芙lotus苅mow芥mustar…匝go rou…庄manor宋Song…蚤flea捷swift
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading ソウAll maps

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