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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N4

589 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: blue, green

Kunyomi: あお, あお-, あお.い

Onyomi: セイ, ショウ

青

Radical

Radical: 青

Reading: あお

Meaning: blue

Strokes: 8

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Examples

Examples with audio

青春(せいしゅん)   springtime of life

青年(せいねん)   youth

緑青(ろくしょう)   copper rust

青い(あおい)   blue, pale

青空(あおぞら)   blue sky

青白い(あおじろい)   pale

青信号(あおしんごう)   green light

Onyomi Examples

青果 (セイカ) fruits and vegetables, produce

青雲 (セイウン) blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank

回青 (カイセイ) Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)

黛青 (タイセイ) blackish blue

青面金剛 (ショウメンコンゴウ) Shōmen Kongō, Blue-Faced Vajra, blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period

青龍 (セイリョウ) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

緑青 (ロクショウ) verdigris, green rust, copper rust

花緑青 (ハナロクショウ) Paris green, emerald green

Kunyomi Examples

青 (あお) blue, azure, green, green light (traffic), black (horse coat color), blue 5-point card, immature, unripe, young

青梅 (あおうめ) unripe plum

プロシア青 (プロシアあお) Prussian blue

深青 (ふかあお) dark blue, deep blue, navy blue

青い (あおい) blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced

青色 (あおいろ) blue

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