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The kanji 青: meaning, readings and stroke order
青
- Meaning
- blue
- On reading
- セイ sei、ショウ* shou
- Kun reading
- あお ao、あお（い） aoi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 青 blue
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- màu xanh (thanh)
- Japanese
- あおい。
- Korean
- 파란색 (청)
- Chinese
- 蓝色
Readings, words and example sentences
セイ sei · on reading
青年
young man
青年が 木を 立てて います。
A young man is setting up a wooden pole.
あお ao · kun reading
青空
blue sky
きょうは きれいな 青空です。
There's a beautiful blue sky today.
あお（い） aoi · kun reading
青い
blue
青い 花が さきました。
A blue flower bloomed.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 青 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 青 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.