青 = 龶 + 月

青 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “blue”. It is built from 龶 (grow up) and 月 (month). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1654. It appears as a component in 9 other characters in this index.

Keyword: blue
RTK frame: 1654
Strokes: 8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): セイ, ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): あお, あお-, あお.い
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: голубой
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 青 blue

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 青

How to find 青 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grow up” + “month”. 青 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 青 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.