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藍 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
ランらん · ran
Kun
あいai
Meaning
indigo

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass plus a phonetic element: the plant from which blue dye is taken — indigo.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onランらんran出藍しゅつらん
Kunあいai藍色あいいろ藍染めあいぞめ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 藍色あいいろ

    indigo blue

  • 藍染めあいぞめ

    indigo dyeing

More words with this kanji

  • 伽藍がらん
  • 藍綬褒章らんじゅほうしょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

藍染(あいぞ)めの手(て)ぬぐいを買(か)った。

I bought an indigo-dyed hand towel.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading ランAll maps

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