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藍

JLPT N1 18 strokes Frequency: #2043

Meanings

Indigo

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹監

Etymology

Pictophonetic: plant

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 18

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 diagonal right-to-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

14 vertical bottom-to-top

15 corner bottom-to-top

16 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

17 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

18 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ラン ran

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あい ai

Words Using This Kanji

69 words total

Other (20 words)

伽藍鳥がらんちょう

pelican

七堂伽藍しちどうがらん

complete seven-structured temple compound

出藍しゅつらん

pupil excelling his master

青藍色せいらんしょく

livid

藍色あいいろ

indigo blue

藍あい

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)

藍藻らんそう

blue-green algae

藍晶石らんしょうせき

cyanite

出藍の誉れしゅつらんのほまれ

surpassing one's master

synthetic indigo

indigo blue

indigo dye

blue-collar

Brussels sprout

kohlrabi

cabbage

kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

濃藍色のうらんしょく

dark indigo

大伽藍だいがらん

large temple edifice

伽藍がらん

temple (esp. large one)

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