Info on the Kanji 藍

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Meaning(s)

indigo

Reading(s)

onyomi RAN
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stroke count 18
grade s
jlpt level N1
Example words with 藍
WordMeaning
がらん
garan
temple / monastery / temple building
かんらん
kanran
cabbage
やまあい
yama ai
mercurialis leiocarpa
しゅつらん
shutsuran
pupil excelling his master
あおあい
ao ai
indigo blue
のうあい
nou ai
deep indigo
きあい
ki ai
anil indigo / assam indigo
ひろしあい
hiroshi ai
indigo
あいはな
ai hana
scum formed near the end of the indigo fermentation process / asiatic dayflower
あいえ
ai e
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo
あいかわ
ai kawa
indigo-dyed leather
あいくま
ai kuma
indigo blue make-up used in kabuki
あいかた
ai kata
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
あいさめ
ai same
any shark of genus centrophorus
あいこ
ai ko
mottled spinefoot / dusky rabbitfish / sandy spinefoot
あいかみ
ai kami
indigo-dyed paper / indigo paper / spiderwort-dyed paper
あいしる
ai shiru
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves
あいしょく
ai shoku
indigo blue
あいすり
ai suri
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo / staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves
あいそめ
ai some
indigo dye
あいねずみ
ai nezumi
indigo-tinged grey / indigo-tinged gray
あいも
ai mo
blue-green algae / cyanobacteria
あいたけ
ai take
green-cracking russula / quilted green russula / green brittlegill
あいてつ
ai tetsu
dark steel blue
あいでん
ai den
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves
あいかめ
ai kame
earthenware pot for storing indigo dye
あいすみ
ai sumi
indigo wax shaped as an inkstick
あいろう
ai rou
indigo wax / cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.
あいろう
ai rou
rag / scrap / tattered clothes / fault / defect / run-down or junky
あいじゅう
ai juu
indigo-dyed leather
あいい
ai i
indigo-dyed leather
がらんとり
garan tori
pelican
人造じんぞうあい
jinzou ai
synthetic indigo
あおあいしょく
ao ai shoku
livid
大伽だいがらん
dai garan
large temple edifice / large temple
のうあいしょく
nou ai shoku
dark indigo
てんあいてん
ai ten
indigo
革縅あいかわおどし
ai kawa odoshi
stitching together an amor with indigo-dyed leather / armor stiched together with indigo-dyed leather
紫色あいむらさきいろ
ai murasakiiro
violet tinged with indigo
晶石あいあきいし
ai aki ishi
cyanite
水泥あいみずどろ
ai mizu doro
oscillatoria
摺りあいすり
ai suri
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo / staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves
摺絵あいすりえ
ai suri e
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo
染めあいそめ
ai some
indigo dye
染屋あいそめや
ai some ya
indigo dyer
鉄鉱あいてっこう
ai tekkou
vivianite
銅鉱あいどうこう
ai dou kou
azurite
返しあいかえし
ai kaeshi
lightly re-dyeing something with indigo
琉球りゅうきゅうあい
ryuukyuu ai
assam indigo
インドいんどあい
indo ai
indigo
羽衣甘はごろもかんらん
hagoromo kanran
kale
火吹ひすいあいこ
hi sui ai ko
blotched foxface
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