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

Speed

Stroke order

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

11 strokes
Radical:
tile
Parts:
bottle, vial, jar, jug, vat, urn
Kun:
かめへい
On:
ビン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1528 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 瓶 【ビン】 bottle, jar, decanter, flagon, phial, vial
  • 瓶詰め 【ビンヅメ】 bottling, bottled
  • 火炎瓶 【カエンビン】 Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb
  • 水瓶 【スイビョウ】 portable water vessel (for drinking or washing up)

Kun reading compounds

  • 甕 【かめ】 earthenware pot
  • 瓶覗 【かめのぞき】 faint indigo blue (traditional Japanese color name)
  • 瓶 【へい】 jar or vase with a long narrow neck
  • 瓶子 【へいじ】 earthenware pot (used as a decanter), jar, jug
  • 大瓶 【たいへい】 large earthenware pot
  • 酒瓶 【さかびん】 sake bottle

Readings

Japanese names:
べ、 ぺ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ping2
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • botella
  • frasco
  • jarra
  • urna
  • tarro

Portuguese

  • Vaso de flores
  • garrafa
  • garrafinha
  • jarro
  • barril
  • cântaro

French

  • pot de fleurs
  • fiole
  • pot
  • pichet
  • cuve
  • urne
1747 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1665 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2984 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1538 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1388 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1161 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1217 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1822 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1324 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1702 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
908 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1231 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1041 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21486 Morohashi
1344 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3699 New Nelson (John Haig)
1032 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1109 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1464 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
956 2001 Kanji
2o9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
8141.7 Four corner code
1-41-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74f6 Unicode hex code