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JLPT N1 18 strokes Frequency: #2043

Meanings

Indigo

Radicals

θ‰Ή

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)
ι’γ―θ—γ‚ˆγ‚Šε‡Ίγ§γ¦θ—γ‚ˆγ‚Šι’γ— γ‚γŠγ―γ‚γ„γ‚ˆγ‚Šγ„γ§γ¦γ‚γ„γ‚ˆγ‚Šγ‚γŠγ—

the student has become the master

ι’γ―θ—γ‚ˆγ‚Šε‡Ίγ§γ¦θ—γ‚ˆγ‚Šι’γ— γ‚γŠγ―γ‚γ„γ‚ˆγ‚Šγ„γ§γ¦γ‚γ„γ‚ˆγ‚Šγ‚γŠγ—

the student has become the master

藍子 γ‚’γ‚€γ‚΄

mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens)

洋藍 γ‚ˆγ†γ‚‰γ‚“

indigo

むンド藍 むンドあい

indigo

θ—ιŠ…ι‰± らんどうこう

azurite

碲藍子 γ‚’γƒŸγ‚’γ‚€γ‚΄

little spinefoot (Siganus spinus)

火吹藍子 ヒフキをむゴ

blotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus)

濃藍 こあい

deep indigo

藍紫色 らんししょく

violet tinged with indigo

ζœ¨θ— きあい

anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa)

琉球藍 γ‚Šγ‚…γ†γγ‚…γ†γ‚γ„

Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)

ηΎ½θ‘£η”˜θ— はごろもかんらん

kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

藍藻怍物 らんそうしょくぢ぀

cyanophyte

θ—θ‰²η΄°θŒ あいいろさいきん

blue-green bacterium

藍硡 γ‚γ„γˆ

ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)

山藍 やまあい

Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)

藍返し γ‚γ„γŒγˆγ—

lightly re-dyeing something with indigo

藍紙 γ‚γ„γŒγΏ

indigo-dyed paper

藍瓢 γ‚γ„γŒγ‚

earthenware pot for storing indigo dye