Entry
  1. Noun

    ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)

    Art, aestheticsHistorical term

  2. staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves

Also written 藍摺【あいずり】

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Characters in this word

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indigo

Kun
あい
On
ラン
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2043 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 60

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (21)
CodeReference
2-3-15, 2-3-14SKIP code
3k15.5The Kanji Dictionary
4410.7Four corner code
85cdUnicode hex code
1-45-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4082Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5233New Nelson (John Haig)
2381New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3024Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1543Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2108Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2371Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1565Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2772Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
32258XMorohashi
2232Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2133Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
lan2, la5Pinyin reading
ramKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
60WaniKani level
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rub, fold, print (on cloth)

Kun
す.るひだ
On
ショウシュウロウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
hand

Built from

Used in names as

するずり

Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
3c11.3The Kanji Dictionary
5706.2Four corner code
647aUnicode hex code
1-32-02JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1984Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2262New Nelson (John Haig)
693New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
850Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
628Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2258Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2371Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2067Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
12647XMorohashi
zhe2Pinyin reading
jeob, rabKorean reading