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藍 = 監 + 艹
藍 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “indigo”. It is built from 監 (oversee) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1565.
- Keyword
- indigo
- RTK frame
- 1565
- Strokes
- 18
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ラン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- индиго
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 藍 blue
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 藍 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “oversee” + “mugwort”. 藍 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 藍 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.