The kanji 藍: meaning, readings and stroke order

藍

Meaning: indigo, indigo plant
On reading: ラン ran
Kun reading: あい ai
Strokes: 18
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: màu chàm, cây chàm (lam)
Japanese: あい。こいあおいろ。
Korean: 쪽빛, 쪽 (남·람)
Chinese: 靛蓝、蓼蓝 (蓝)

Readings, words and example sentences

ラン ran · on reading · less common

出しゅっ藍らん
the student doing better than the teacher
出しゅっ藍らんのほまれと言われます。
People praise it as a case of the student doing better than the teacher.

あい ai · kun reading · less common

藍あい
indigo
藍あいで布を染めます。
They dye cloth with indigo.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.