Kanji
藍
kanji character
indigo
藍 kanji-藍 indigo
藍
Meaning
indigo
Readings
Kun'yomi
- あい dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
- あい いろ indigo blue
- あい ぞめ indigo dye
On'yomi
- が らん temple (esp. large one)
- らん じゅほうしょう Medal with Blue Ribbon
- らん そう blue-green algae
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Common Words
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藍 dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye), indigo (dye)... -
伽 藍 temple (esp. large one), monastery, temple building -
藍 綬 褒 章 Medal with Blue Ribbon -
藍 色 indigo blue, indigo -
藍 藻 blue-green algae, cyanobacteria -
藍 染 indigo dye -
藍 鮫 any shark of genus Centrophorus (esp. the dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus) -
藍 子 mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens), dusky rabbitfish, sandy spinefoot -
藍 靛 indigo -
藍 てんindigo -
藍 絵 ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) -
藍 摺 ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow), staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves -
藍 革 indigo-dyed leather -
藍 型 stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo -
藍 紙 indigo-dyed paper, indigo paper, spiderwort-dyed paper -
藍 瓶 earthenware pot for storing indigo dye -
藍 隈 indigo blue make-up used in kabuki -
藍 汁 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 澱 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 蝋 indigo wax, cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda... -
藍 蠟 indigo wax, cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda... -
藍 墨 indigo wax shaped as an inkstick -
藍 鞣 indigo-dyed leather -
藍 韋 indigo-dyed leather -
藍 蓼 dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) -
藍 茸 green-cracking russula (Russula virescens), quilted green russula, green brittlegill -
藍 玉 aquamarine -
藍 鼠 indigo-tinged grey (gray) -
藍 花 scum formed near the end of the indigo fermentation process, Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis) -
藍 鉄 dark steel blue