Jisho

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13 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
blue, pale
Kun:
あお.い
On:
ソウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2276 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蒼鉛 【ソウエン】 bismuth
  • 滄海 【ソウカイ】 the blue sea, blue waters
  • 蒼々 【ソウソウ】 blue (sky, ocean, etc.), fresh and green (of vegetation), verdant, lush, greying (hair), aged
  • 穹蒼 【キュウソウ】 dome of the sky, vault of heaven

Kun reading compounds

  • 青い 【あおい】 blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cang1
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • azúl
  • pálido

Portuguese

French

4025 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1988 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2943 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1512 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2050 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31627X Morohashi
2507 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5162 New Nelson (John Haig)
2399 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2479 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k10.22 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-4-10 SKIP code
4460.7 Four corner code
1-33-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
84bc Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
feather
Parts:
Variants:
green, kingfisher
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2200 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 翠玉 【スイギョク】 emerald
  • 翠松 【スイショウ】 verdant pine, green pine
  • 蒼翠 【ソウスイ】 blue-green, lush growth
  • 川蝉 【カワセミ】 kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis), jade (gem), beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

Kun reading compounds

  • 笑い川蝉 【わらいかわせみ】 laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
  • 緑 【みどり】 green, greenery, verdure
  • 緑色 【みどりいろ】 green, green color

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cui4
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

  • martín pescador
  • verde

Portuguese

French

3676 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2204 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2201 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3356 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1738 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2361 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
28732X Morohashi
2705 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4685 New Nelson (John Haig)
2863 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2876 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2k12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-8 SKIP code
1740.8 Four corner code
1-31-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fe0 Unicode hex code