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dark blue
Stroke count: 11

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. dark blue
    医者は紺のスーツの上に白衣を着ていた。The doctor was wearing a white coat over a blue suit.tatoeba
    ニューヨーク市の警官は濃紺の制服を着ている。New York City policemen wear dark blue uniforms.tatoeba
  2. navy
  3. navy blueRtK

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · sweet · wicker basket · picnic basket

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1895

Compound words

濃紺のうこん
dark blue
紺屋こうや
dyer
紺色こんいろ
deep blue
紺青こんじょう
Prussian blue
紺地こんじ
dark blue ground
紺碧こんぺき
deep blue
紺絣こんがすり
dark blue cloth with white splash patterns
紫紺しこん
dark purple
紺飛白こんがすり
dark blue cloth with white splash patterns
紺屋の白袴こうやのしろばかま
the shoemaker's children go barefoot
紫紺野牡丹しこんのぼたん
princess-flower (Tibouchina urvilleana)

Additional Examples

ニューヨーク市の警官は濃紺の制服を着ている。
New York City policemen wear dark blue uniforms.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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