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Color
藍 is the single character for the color blue in Chinese.
It can also mean indigo in Japanese Kanji and old Korean Hanja.
These search terms might be related to Indigo:
Blue Dragon / Azure Dragon
Navy
Navy SEALS
Sapphire
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your indigo search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
藍 蓝 see styles |
lán lan2 lan ranran らんらん |
More info & calligraphy: Blue / Indigo(1) (kana only) dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); (2) (See インディゴ) indigo (dye); (3) (See 藍色) indigo (colour); (personal name) Ranran Blue, indigo; translit. ram, lam. |
褐 see styles |
hè he4 ho kachi; katsu; kachin(ok) かち; かつ; かちん(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Brown(1) (See 褐色) dark indigo (almost black); (2) coarse cloth Coarse serge, hence poverty. |
縹 缥 see styles |
piǎo piao3 p`iao piao hanada はなだ |
(literary) light blue; (literary) light blue silk fabric (abbreviation) light indigo; (female given name) Hanada |
蒅 see styles |
sukumo すくも |
dye made of fermented indigo leaves |
靛 see styles |
diàn dian4 tien |
indigo pigment |
二藍 see styles |
futaai / futai ふたあい |
deep purple; reddish indigo |
山藍 see styles |
yamaai / yamai やまあい |
(kana only) Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye); (surname) Yamaai |
庭藤 see styles |
niwafuji; niwafuji にわふじ; ニワフジ |
(kana only) Chinese indigo (Indigofera decora); summer wisteria |
搗色 see styles |
kachiiro / kachiro かちいろ |
dark indigo (almost black) |
木藍 see styles |
kiai; kiai きあい; キアイ |
(1) (kana only) (See インド藍) anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); (2) (kana only) (See 琉球藍) Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia) |
本藍 see styles |
honai ほんあい |
natural indigo; true indigo dye |
桜襲 see styles |
sakuragasane さくらがさね |
combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo) |
桜重 see styles |
sakurae さくらえ |
combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo); (personal name) Sakurae |
洋藍 see styles |
youran / yoran ようらん |
(rare) (See インディゴ) indigo |
浅縹 see styles |
asahanada あさはなだ |
pale indigo |
濃藍 see styles |
koai こあい |
(See 濃藍色) deep indigo; (female given name) Koai |
瓶覗 see styles |
kamenozoki かめのぞき |
(hist) faint indigo blue (traditional Japanese color name) |
白絣 see styles |
shirogasuri しろがすり |
white cloth or kimono with black or indigo splash patterns |
縹色 see styles |
hanadairo はなだいろ |
light indigo |
花色 see styles |
huā sè hua1 se4 hua se kashiki かしき |
variety; design and color; suit (cards) (1) color of a flower (colour); (2) light indigo; light blue; (female given name) Kashiki |
蓼藍 蓼蓝 see styles |
liǎo lán liao3 lan2 liao lan tadeai; tadeai たであい; タデアイ |
indigo dye; Polygonum tinctorium (kana only) (See 藍・1) dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) |
藍型 see styles |
aigata あいがた |
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo |
藍墨 see styles |
aizumi あいずみ |
(See 藍蝋) indigo wax shaped as an inkstick |
藍屋 see styles |
aiya あいや |
(See 藍染め屋) indigo dyer |
藍摺 see styles |
aizuri あいずり |
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow); (2) staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves |
藍染 see styles |
aizome あいぞめ |
indigo dye; (surname) Aizome |
藍汁 see styles |
aishiru あいしる |
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 see styles |
aishiru あいしる |
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye) |
藍瓶 see styles |
aigame あいがめ |
earthenware pot for storing indigo dye |
藍紙 see styles |
aigami あいがみ |
(1) indigo-dyed paper; indigo paper; (2) (See 青花紙) spiderwort-dyed paper |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Blue Indigo | 藍 蓝 | ai | lán / lan2 / lan | |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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