Moto 青: Blue; GreenKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セイ、ショウ
- Kun'yomi
- あお、あお-、あお(い)
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 362 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セイ・ショウ)
- 青年せいねんyouth; young man
- 青山せいざんlush mountain; green mountain
- 青少年せいしょうねんyouth; young person
- 青春せいしゅんyouth; springtime of life
- 青果せいかfruit(s) and vegetables; produce
- 青年団せいねんだんyoung persons' association
- 青雲せいうんblue sky
- 緑青ろくしょうverdigris; green rust
- 群青ぐんじょうultramarine
- 青票せいひょうblue ballot (representing an opposition vote)
- 青酸せいさんhydrocyanic acid; prussic acid
- 青酸カリせいさんカリpotassium cyanide
- 青銅せいどうbronze
- 青銅器せいどうきbronze ware
- リン青銅リンせいどうphosphor bronze
- 万年青まんねんせいJapanese rhodea (plant of the lily family); Rhodea japonica
- 万年青年まんねんせいねんman of perennial youth; man who never loses his youthful vigor
- 丹青たんせいred and blue
- 五色青海鸚哥ごしきぜいがいいんこrainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus); rainbow lory
- 人間いたるところ青山ありにんげんいたるところせいざんありhome is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world
- 人間到る処青山ありにんげんいたるところせいざんありhome is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world
- 人間到る処青山有りにんげんいたるところせいざんありhome is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world
- 人間至る処青山ありにんげんいたるところせいざんありhome is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world
- 人間至る所青山有りにんげんいたるところせいざんありhome is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world
- 刺青しせいtattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
- 勤労青少年きんろうせいしょうねんworking youth
- 回青かいせいMohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 青あおblue; azure
- 青木あおきJapanese laurel; spotted laurel
- 青空あおぞらblue sky
- 青葉あおばfresh leaves
- 青写真あおじゃしんblueprint; cyanotype
- 青梅あおうめunripe plum
- 青田買いあおたがいspeculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green
- 青いあおいblue; azure
- 青ざめるあおざめるto become pale; to turn pale
- 青信号あおしんごうgreen light (traffic)
- 青嵐あおあらしwind blowing through fresh verdure
- 青息吐息あおいきといきdeep distress
- 青田あおたgreen paddy
- 青白いあおじろいpale; pallid
- 青砥あおとmedium-grade millstone
- 青竹あおだけgreen bamboo
- 青色あおいろblue
- 青色申告あおいろしんこくblue return; blue-paper income-tax return
- 青菜あおなgreens
- ケツが青いケツがあおいwet behind the ears; inexperienced
- シュレーゲル青蛙シュレーゲルあおがえるSchlegel's green tree frog (Rhacophorus schlegelii)
- プロシア青プロシアあおPrussian blue
- メチレン青メチレンあおmethylene blue
- 丸葉青だもまるばあおだもJapanese flowering ash (Fraxinus sieboldiana)
- 丸青目鱛まるあおめえそChlorophthalmus borealis (species of greeneye)
- 八重山青木やえやまあおきgreat morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry
Other readings
- 青柳あおやぎgreen willow (i.e. one that has budded)
- 真っ青まっさおdeep blue; bright blue
- 青々あおあおverdant; fresh and green
- となりの芝生は青いとなりのしばふはあおいthe grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
- まっ青まっさおdeep blue; bright blue
- 刺青師いれずみしtattooist; tattoo artist
- 刺青蒟蒻鯵いれずみこんにゃくあじragfish (Icosteus aenigmaticus)
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