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青

blue
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingセイ、ショウ
Kun readingあお、あお-、あお.い
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 1

Meanings

  1. blueRtK
  2. green
    青い柚子の皮を薄くむき、細かくみじん切りにする。Peel a green yuzu thinly, and mince it.wiki
  1. azure
  2. green light (traffic)
  3. black (horse coat color)

Synonyms

ブルー青信号青色

Popular Usage

青い青年青白い青少年

Radicals and components

Radical青blue
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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grow up · moon (月) · flesh (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1654

Compound words

青いあおい
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray
青年せいねん
youth; young man
青少年せいしょうねん
young people; youth; the younger generation
青白いあおじろい
pale; pallid; bluish-white
青汁あおじる
aojiru; vegetable juice drink made from green leafy vegetables
青信号あおしんごう
a green light
青果せいか
fruits and vegetables; produce
青空あおぞら
blue sky
青酸せいさん
hydrocyanic acid; prussic acid; hydrogen cyanide
青春せいしゅん
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
青色あおいろ
blue
青銅せいどう
bronze
緑青ろくしょう
verdigris; green rust; copper rust
青葉あおば
fresh leaves
青柳あおやぎ
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
青山せいざん
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
青木あおき
Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel; lush, green tree
青梅あおうめ
unripe plum
青雲せいうん
blue sky; erudition; detachment from the world; high rank
真っ青まっさお
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
青年団せいねんだん
young persons' association
青写真あおじゃしん
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
青ざめるあおざめる
to become pale; to turn pale
青田買いあおたがい
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date

Additional Examples

彼は天井を青く塗った。
He painted the ceiling blue.tatoeba
彼は前途有望な青年だ。
He is a promising young man.tatoeba
彼は青少年向きの本をたくさん持っている。
He has a lot of books for the young.tatoeba
彼は青筋を立てて怒った。
He was so angry that his veins stood out.tatoeba
青いアイシャドーを使う場合もある。
There are some cases in which blue eye shadow is used as well.wiki
樺太青年師範学校
Karafuto Youth Normal Schoolwiki
沖縄青年師範学校
Okinawa Youth Normal Schoolwiki
秋頃になると青白い光を放ちつつ、曇り空を飛ぶともいう。
In around autumn, it is said to fly in the cloudy sky emitting a pale blue light.wiki
国立曽爾青少年自然の家
National Soni Youth Outdoor Learning Centerwiki
青少年のための管弦楽入門
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestrawiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 青

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