藍 — ram

Parts that make up 藍

How 藍 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 藍 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 監.

Korean example words with 藍

• 남색藍色 Korean gloss: 푸른빛을 띤 자주색. 또는 그런 색의 물감
• 발람發藍 Korean gloss: 중국 명나라 때에 만든, 에나멜 종류의 아름다운 남색 물감
• 출람出藍 Korean gloss: 쪽에서 뽑아낸 푸른 물감이 쪽보다 더 푸르다는 뜻으로, 제자나 후배가 스승이나 선배보다 나음을 비유적으로 이르는 말
• 연남색軟藍色 Korean gloss: 연한 남색
• 진남색津藍色 Korean gloss: 진한 남색
• 남회색藍灰色 Korean gloss: 푸른빛을 띤 회색
• 청람색靑藍色 Korean gloss: 푸른빛을 띤 남색
• 회남색灰藍色 Korean gloss: 회색빛을 띤 남색
• 대가람大伽藍 Korean gloss: 가치가 높거나 규모가 큰 절
• 남포藍袍 Korean gloss: 쪽빛 옷.
• 남수藍水 Korean gloss: 남빛의 물.
• 농람濃藍 Korean gloss: 짙은 남색.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 藍

• 藍あい dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
• 伽藍がらん temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
• 藍綬褒章らんじゅほうしょう Medal with Blue Ribbon
• 出藍しゅつらん pupil excelling his master
• 藍色あいいろ indigo blue; indigo
• 藍藻らんそう blue-green algae; cyanobacteria
• 青藍せいらん indigo blue
• 甘藍かんらん cabbage
• 藍鮫あいざめ any shark of genus Centrophorus (esp. the dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus)
• 藍子アイゴ mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
• 藍靛らんてん indigo
• 洋藍ようらん indigo

Characters sharing the phonetic 監

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “람”

Other hanja with radical 艸