藍 (lán)

blue

How 藍 is written

Strokes
18
Radical
艹 — grass
Traditional
藍
Simplified
蓝

Components

  • 艹 grass
  • 臣 minister/official
  • 丿 bend
  • 一 one
  • 丶 dot
  • 皿 dish

Common words using 藍

藍天 lántiān
blue sky
藍色 lánsè
blue (color)
天藍色 tiānlánsè
azure
寶藍 bǎolán
sapphire blue
湛藍 zhànlán
azure
甘藍 gānlán
cabbage; Chinese broccoli; gai larn
蔚藍 wèilán
azure; sky blue
藍光 lánguāng
Blu-ray (disc format)
藍圖 lántú
blueprint
藍寶石 lánbǎoshí
sapphire
藍山 lánshān
Lanshan county in Yongzhou 永州[Yong3 zhou1], Hunan
藍本 lánběn
blueprint; source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based

藍 in a sentence

今天的天空好藍。

Jīntiān de tiānkōng hǎo lán.

“The sky is so blue today.”

How common is 藍?

藍 is the 1,188th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 91.7% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 藍

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