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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)
藍汁 あいしる

mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)

藍革 あいかわ

indigo-dyed leather

θ—εž‹ γ‚γ„γŒγŸ

stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo

藍咨 γ‚γ„γšγΏ

indigo wax shaped as an inkstick

θ—ζŸ“γ‚δ»˜γ‘ あいそめ぀け

indigo-colored ceramics

θ—ηŽ‰ あいだま

ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

θ—ζŸ“ε±‹ γ‚γ„γžγ‚γ‚„

indigo dyer

ηŽ‰θ— γŸγΎγ‚γ„

ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

藍みどろ あいみどろ

Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria)

θ—θŠ± あいばγͺ

scum formed near the end of the indigo fermentation process

θ—ζ΅·ζΎθŒΆ あいみるけゃ

brown tinged with olive green and indigo

僧伽藍摩 γγ†γŒγ‚‰γ‚“γΎ

Buddhist convent or monastery

藍鉄鉱 らんてっこう

vivianite

藍鉄 あいて぀

dark steel blue

θ—ζ–ΉηŸ³ らんぽうせき

haΓΌyne

ιŠ…θ— どうらん

covellite

藍屋 あいや

indigo dyer

δΊŒθ— γ΅γŸγ‚γ„

deep purple

堂呔伽藍 γ©γ†γ¨γ†γŒγ‚‰γ‚“

religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)

藍白 γ‚γ„γ˜γ‚

pale cyan