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N1 18 strokes Grade 8 freq #2043

indigo

On'yomi (音読み)

ラン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あい

Radical (部首)

艸 grass kusa

Others with this radical

藤 葉 落 英 若 蔵 花 苦 薬 芸 葬 著

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

伽藍 がらん temple (esp. large one); monastery
藍綬褒章 らんじゅほうしょう Medal with Blue Ribbon
僧伽藍摩 そうがらんま Buddhist convent or monastery

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

藍 あい dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
藍蝋 あいろう indigo wax; cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.
藍染屋 あいぞめや indigo dyer
藍鞣 あいなめし indigo-dyed leather
藍染め付け あいそめつけ indigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
藍墨 あいずみ indigo wax shaped as an inkstick
藍隈 あいぐま indigo blue make-up used in kabuki
藍瓶 あいがめ earthenware pot for storing indigo dye
藍紙 あいがみ indigo-dyed paper; indigo paper
藍野大学 あいのだいがく Aino University
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