蓝

lán

blue

surname Lan; indigo plant

plant (艹) + sound lán (监) = blue indigo plant

The grass radical points to the indigo plant, which yields the blue dye. 监 (jiān) contributes the sound lán rather than meaning.

艹+监→蓝
监To supervisePhonetic
艹GrassSemantic

她今天穿了一件蓝色的裙子。

tā jīn tiān chuān le yī jiàn lán sè de qún zi。

She wore a blue skirt today.

晴天的时候,天空是很深的蓝。

qíng tiān de shí hou,tiān kōng shì hěn shēn de lán。

On a clear day, the sky is a very deep blue.

Words with 蓝

蓝领

lán lǐng

blue-collar

蓝海

lán hǎi

(neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海|红海[hong2 hai3])

深蓝

shēn lán

dark blue

蓝色

lán sè

blue (color)

蓝光

lán guāng

Blu-ray (disc format)

野甘蓝

yě gān lán

European wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea)

铜蓝鹟

tóng lán wēng

(bird species of China) verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)

锈胸蓝姬鹟

xiù xiōng lán jī wēng

(bird species of China) slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus)

青出于蓝而胜于蓝

qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán

lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom)

碱性蓝

jiǎn xìng lán

alkali blue

黄嘴蓝鹊

huáng zuǐ lán què

(bird species of China) yellow-billed blue magpie (Urocissa flavirostris)

靛蓝

diàn lán

indigo (dye)

More characters with 艹

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