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藍 means 'indigo'

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Strokes : 18    Frequency: 1817   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-32    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 45 words   Used in 73 words   Used in 309 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
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   ラン
Kun
   あい indigo
Variants
蓝  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 藍 - click the badge to download
Indigo became important in Japan partly because commoners couldn’t wear silk and instead chose cotton. Farmers’ indigo work togs shaped the creative inclinations of a contemporary dyer who loves to wrestle with indigo’s “persona.” A term for “temple” is inside a word for “pelican,” just as “cabbage” lies inside “kale” and “brussels sprouts.” The essay unravels all of these mysteries.
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⿱  艹 (艸) grass  監 keep watch  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 藍 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 藍 is used 66 times, read 2 ways.
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ラン : 28 words FIND ALL
し ゅ つ ら ん 0
noun
pupil excelling his master
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あい : 38 words FIND ALL
あ い い ろ 0
noun
indigo blue
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An additional 7 less common words include 藍 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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藍
ラン   あい indigo   
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監
カン    keep watch, oversee   
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臣
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
皿
さら dish   
艹
grass   
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