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蒼

JLPT N1 13 strokes Frequency: #2276

Meanings

Blue, Pale

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹倉

Etymology

Pictophonetic: grass

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 vertical bottom-to-top

12 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

13 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソウ sou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あお ao

Words Using This Kanji

20 words total

Other (20 words)

古色蒼然こしょくそうぜん

antique-looking

蒼白色そうはくしょく

pale

蒼白そうはく

pale

蒼天そうてん

blue sky

蒼然そうぜん

blue

蒼生そうせい

the masses

蒼鉛そうえん

bismuth

暮色蒼然ぼしょくそうぜん

dusky

顔面蒼白がんめんそうはく

one's face turning pale (ashen)

蒼竜そうりょう

blue dragon

蒼紅そうこう

blue and red

蒼梧そうご

Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex)

蒼浪そうろう

blue waves

蒼波そうは

blue wave

蒼空そうくう

blue sky

蒼古そうこ

old-fashioned and tasteful

蒼翠そうすい

blue-green

輝蒼鉛鉱きそうえんこう

bismuthinite

蒼々そうそう

blue (sky, ocean, etc.)

雲外蒼天うんがいそうてん

light at the end of the tunnel