藍
indigo
18 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2043.
Readings
- ラン (on reading): 伽藍 (がらん) temple (esp. large one); 藍綬褒章 (らんじゅほうしょう) Medal with Blue Ribbon
- あい (kun reading): 藍 (あい) dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); 藍色 (あいいろ) indigo blue
Components
- 艹
- 監
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 乞 radical beg
- 二 radical two
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
- 皿 radical dish
- 臣 radical minister; retainer
Words using 藍
- 伽藍 (がらん) temple (esp. large one)
- 藍綬褒章 (らんじゅほうしょう) Medal with Blue Ribbon
- 藍藻 (らんそう) blue-green algae
- 青藍 (せいらん) indigo blue
- 藍銅鉱 (らんどうこう) azurite
- 藍 (あい) dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
- 藍色 (あいいろ) indigo blue
- 藍染め (あいぞめ) indigo dye
- 藍摺 (あいずり) ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
- 藍野大学 (あいのだいがく) Aino University
72 words in all.