青 – blue, green

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The kanji 青 means blue, green. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ、ショウ (sei, shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あお、あお-、あお.い (ao, ao, aoi). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 青 (no. 174).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	あお	ao
Kun’yomi	あお-	ao
Kun’yomi	あお.い	aoi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 青 (Kangxi radical 174). Components: 月・土・二・亠.

Words using 青

青あおblue青いあおいblue青年せいねんyouth青白いあおじろいpale青少年せいしょうねんyoung people (ages 12 to 25)真っ青まっさおdeep blue青春せいしゅんyouth

Example sentences

信号が青に変わったわよ。

The traffic light turned green.

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なぜ空が青いか知っているか。

Do you know why the sky is blue?

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その知らせを聞いたとたんに彼女は青くなった。

The moment she heard the news, she turned pale.

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Kanji with the same radical

静

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.