Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
indigo
Kun:
あい
On:
ラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2043 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 藍綬褒章 【ランジュホウショウ】 Medal with Blue Ribbon
  • 藍衣社員 【ランイシャイン】 blue-collar, blue-collar worker (employee)
  • 伽藍 【ガラン】 temple (esp. large one), monastery, temple building
  • 芥藍 【カイラン】 kai-lan, gai-lan, Chinese broccoli

Kun reading compounds

  • 藍 【あい】 dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye), indigo (dye), indigo (colour)
  • 藍色 【あいいろ】 indigo blue
  • 人造藍 【じんぞうあい】 synthetic indigo
  • 琉球藍 【りゅうきゅうあい】 Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lan2, la5
Korean:
ram

Spanish

  • índigo

Portuguese

French

4082 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2772 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2232 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2133 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3024 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1543 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2108 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
32258X Morohashi
2381 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5233 New Nelson (John Haig)
2371 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1565 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k15.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-15 SKIP code
2-3-14 SKIP code
4410.7 Four corner code
1-45-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85cd Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
corner, nook, recess
Kun:
くますみ
On:
ワイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2311 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 隈 【くま】 corner, nook, recess, shade, shadow, dark area, dark circles (under the eyes), dark rings, bend (in a road, river, etc.), shading, gradation, kumadori, style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
  • 隈なく 【くまなく】 all over, everywhere, in every nook and cranny
  • 目のクマ 【めのクマ】 dark circles around the eyes, periorbital dark circles

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei1
Korean:
oe

Spanish

  • esquina
  • rincón
  • hueco
  • rabillo del ojo

Portuguese

French

5008 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1841 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
571 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41748 Morohashi
6466 New Nelson (John Haig)
2427 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2505 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3665 2001 Kanji
2d9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
7623.2 Four corner code
1-23-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9688 Unicode hex code