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青

blue
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingセイ、ショウ
Kun readingあお、あお-、あお.い
JōyōGrade 1
  1. azure
  2. green
  3. green light (traffic)
  4. black (horse coat color)

Popular Usage

青い青年青白い青少年

Radicals and components

Radical青blueComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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grow up · moon (月) · flesh (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1654

Compound words

青いあおい
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray
青年せいねん
youth; young man
青少年せいしょうねん
young people; youth; the younger generation
青白いあおじろい
pale; pallid; bluish-white
青果せいか
fruits and vegetables; produce
青空あおぞら
blue sky
青酸せいさん
hydrocyanic acid; prussic acid; hydrogen cyanide
青春せいしゅん
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
青色あおいろ
blue
青銅せいどう
bronze
緑青ろくしょう
verdigris; green rust; copper rust
青葉あおば
fresh leaves
青柳あおやぎ
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
青山せいざん
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
青木あおき
Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel; lush, green tree
青梅あおうめ
unripe plum
青雲せいうん
blue sky; erudition; detachment from the world; high rank
青汁あおじる
aojiru; vegetable juice drink made from green leafy vegetables
真っ青まっさお
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
青年団せいねんだん
young persons' association
青写真あおじゃしん
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
青ざめるあおざめる
to become pale; to turn pale
青田買いあおたがい
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

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