Moto 藍: IndigoKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ラン
- Kun'yomi
- あい
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 85 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ラン)
- 伽藍がらんtemple (esp. large one); monastery
- 藍綬褒章らんじゅほうしょうMedal with Blue Ribbon
- 七堂伽藍しちどうがらんcomplete seven-structured temple compound
- 伽藍鳥がらんちょうpelican
- 僧伽藍摩そうがらんまBuddhist convent or monastery
- 出藍しゅつらんpupil excelling his master
- 出藍の誉れしゅつらんのほまれsurpassing one's master
- 堂塔伽藍どうとうがらんreligious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)
- 大伽藍だいがらんlarge temple edifice; large temple
- 子持ち甘藍こもちかんらんBrussels sprouts
- 洋藍ようらんindigo
- 濃藍色のうらんしょくdark indigo
- 球茎甘藍きゅうけいかんらんkohlrabi
- 甘藍かんらんcabbage
- 緑葉甘藍りょくようかんらんkale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
- 羽衣甘藍はごろもかんらんkale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
- 藍てんらんてんindigo
- 藍晶石らんしょうせきcyanite; kyanite
- 藍紫色らんししょくviolet tinged with indigo
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 藍あいdyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
- インド藍インドあいindigo
- 二藍ふたあいdeep purple; reddish indigo
- 人造藍じんぞうあいsynthetic indigo
- 山藍やまあいMercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
- 木藍きあいanil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa)
- 濃藍こあいdeep indigo
- 玉藍たまあいball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
- 琉球藍りゅうきゅうあいAssam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
- 白藍しらあいpale cyan; pale azure
- 蓼藍たであいdyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
- 藍みどろあいみどろOscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
- 藍型あいがたstencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
- 藍墨あいずみindigo wax shaped as an inkstick
- 藍子あいごmottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish
- 藍屋あいやindigo dyer
- 藍摺りあいずりukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
- 藍摺り絵あいずりえukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
- 藍染あいぞめindigo dye
- 藍染めあいぞめindigo dye
- 藍染め付けあいそめつけindigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
- 藍染め屋あいぞめやindigo dyer
- 藍染屋あいぞめやindigo dyer
- 藍汁あいしるmixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)
- 藍玉あいだまball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
- 藍瓶あいがめearthenware pot for storing indigo dye
- 藍白あいじろpale cyan; pale azure
- 藍紙あいがみindigo-dyed paper; indigo paper
- 藍絵あいえukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
- 藍色あいいろindigo blue
- 藍色細菌あいいろさいきんblue-green bacterium; cyanobacteria
Other readings
- 火吹藍子ひふきあいごblotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish)
- 芥藍カイランkai-lan; gai-lan
- 藍摺あいずりukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
- 藍摺絵あいずりえukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
- 藍方石らんぽうせきhaüyne; hauynite
- 藍染付けあいそめつけindigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
- 藍染芝生茸あいぞめしばふたけPsilocybe subcaerulipes (species of psychoactive mushroom)
- 藍水泥あいみどろOscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
- 藍海松茶あいみるちゃbrown tinged with olive green and indigo
- 藍澱あいしるmixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)
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