青 — Chinese character
青
qīng
nature's color; blue, green, black; young
- Pinyin
- qīng
- Radical
- 174 ⾭ (Blue)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 龶 月
- Japanese
- 青 as a kanji
Common words with 青
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth; youthful years |
| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent; youth |
| 青春 | qīng chūn | youth; youthfulness |
| 青睐 (青睞) | qīng lài | (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor |
| 青蛙 | qīng wā | frog (只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly guy |
| 青铜 (青銅) | qīng tóng | bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī)) |
| 青龙 (青龍) | qīng lóng | (slang) man lacking pubic hair; (mahjong) full straight (123, 456, 789 in one suit) |
| 青春期 | qīng chūn qī | puberty; adolescence |
| 青山 | qīng shān | green hills; (the good) life |
| 知青 | zhī qīng | educated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 知识青年 (zhī shi qīng nián)) |
| 青年人 | qīng nián rén | young person; the young |
| 年青 | nián qīng | youthful |
English words written with 青
青 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 12
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.