Chinese symbol for “indigo”
靛蓝
diàn lán
Traditional: 靛藍
indigo (dye)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for indigo is 靛蓝 (diàn lán), defined as: indigo (dye).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “indigo”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓝靛 (藍靛) | lán diàn | indigo |
| 靛青 | diàn qīng | indigo |
| 青靛 | qīng diàn | indigo |
| 青黛 | qīng dài | indigo (dye); Indigo naturalis extract (used in TCM) |
| 靛色 | diàn sè | indigo (color) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 靛蓝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓝靛 (藍靛) | lán diàn | indigo |
| 靛青 | diàn qīng | indigo |
| 靛蓝色 (靛藍色) | diàn lán sè | indigo blue |
| 山靛 | shān diàn | (botany) the spurges, the mercuries (plants of genus Mercurialis) |
| 青靛 | qīng diàn | indigo |
| 蓝色 (藍色) | lán sè | blue (color) |
| 蓝天 (藍天) | lán tiān | blue sky |
| 蓝图 (藍圖) | lán tú | blueprint |
See also: Japanese symbol for “indigo”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.