紺 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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gàn

dark blue or reddish color

Components

糹 Meaning component

sī, mì

silk

甘 Sound component

gān

sweetness

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

gàn

dark blue or reddish color; violet or purple

Most common words with 紺

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	绀	violet or purple
	发绀	cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5122nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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