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

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: あお

Meaning: blue

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

春(せいしゅん)   springtime of life

年(せいねん)   youth

(ろくしょう)   copper rust

い(あおい)   blue, pale

空(あおぞら)   blue sky

白い(あおじろい)   pale

信号(あおしんごう)   green light

Onyomi Examples

セイカ fruit(s) and vegetables, produce

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

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

タイセイ blackish blue

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

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

ロクショウ verdigris, green rust, copper rust

花緑 ハナロクショウ Paris green, emerald green

Kunyomi Examples

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

あおうめ unripe plum

プロシア プロシアあお Prussian blue

ふかあお dark blue, deep blue, navy blue

あおい blue, azure, green, pale, gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced

あおいろ blue