藍 — kanji meaning “indigo”
藍
indigo
- Meanings
- indigo
- On'yomi
- ラン (ran)
- Kun'yomi
- あい
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2043 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- lán, la — Chinese character page
Words with 藍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伽藍 | がらん garan | temple (esp. large one); monastery |
| 藍子 | あいご aigo | mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot |
| 藍色 | あいいろ aiiro | indigo blue; indigo |
| 七堂伽藍 | しちどうがらん shichidougaran | complete seven-structured temple compound |
| 藍屋 | あいや aiya | indigo dyer |
| 甘藍 | かんらん kanran | cabbage |
| 藍綬褒章 | らんじゅほうしょう ranjuhoushou | Medal with Blue Ribbon |
| 伽藍堂 | がらんどう garandou | empty; hollow; bare |
| 伽藍鳥 | がらんちょう garanchou | pelican |
| 出藍 | しゅつらん shutsuran | pupil excelling his master |
| 青藍色 | せいらんしょく seiranshoku | livid |
| 藍藻 | らんそう ransou | blue-green algae; cyanobacteria |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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