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藍

lán

blue, indigo plant

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

監 sound component

監  Sound component

jiān, jiàn

  

watch carefully

Evolution

藍 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
藍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
藍 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
藍 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
藍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蓝 (藍) 

lán

blue; indigo plant; surname

蓝 (藍) 

Lán

surname Lan

Most common words with 藍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蓝

blue

蓝色

blue (color)

蓝天

blue sky

蓝图

blueprint

蔚蓝

azure

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[N-k.]rˤam

lam

lán

indigo


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 26.9101% of movies

1167th most common character in movies

1190th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

蓝

Unicode

U+85CD

Shuowen

“藍，染青草也。从艸，監聲。”


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