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：2026/01/08
藍
Onyomi
ラン
Kunyomi
あい
Character
kanji
Japanese Meaning
日本の藍または中国の藍植物、ペルシカリア・ティンクトリア / 藍色 / サンスクリット語から借用した仏教用語を音訳するために使用される漢字
Easy Japanese Meaning
あおにちかい ふかい いろのこと、そめものに つかう くさの なまえ。ぶっきょうの ことばにも つかう かんじ。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
蓼蓝 / 靛蓝色 / 佛经梵语音译用字
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
蓼藍（藍草） / 靛藍色 / 用作梵語佛教術語的音譯字
Korean Meaning
쪽풀 / 남색 / 불교 산스크리트어 음역에 쓰이는 한자
Indonesian
tanaman nila Jepang (Persicaria tinctoria) / warna nila/indigo / kanji untuk transliterasi istilah Buddhis dari Sanskerta
Vietnamese Meaning
cây chàm Nhật Bản (Persicaria tinctoria) / màu chàm (xanh lam đậm) / chữ Hán dùng để phiên âm thuật ngữ Phật giáo từ tiếng Phạn
Tagalog Meaning
halamang anil (Persicaria tinctoria) / kulay na indigo/anil / kanji para sa transliterasyon ng mga terminong Budista mula sa Sanskrit
Sense（1）
the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria
Sense（2）
the color indigo
Sense（3）
kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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Quizzes for review
the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria / the color indigo / kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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藍
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I dyed this cloth using the indigo plant.
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藍を使って、この布を染めました。
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