青 — blue, green, youth
あおい
青
blue
Grade 1
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
8 strokes
color
U+9752
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #589
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1534
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #174
Meanings
- blue
- green
- youth
word
あお ao Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Components
Composed of
Used as component in (6)
Compound ideograph (会意). 龶 (sprouting plant, related to 生 life) above 月 (moon, here possibly a vat of dye). The color of fresh plant growth — blue-green. Also connotes youth. A prolific phonetic element in compounds like 清, 晴, 静, 情, 請.