青 (blue, green) - Kanji Codex

青

blue, green

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショウセイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あおあお-あお.い

Nanori (名乗り)

お

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:1

Strokes:8

JLPT:4

Frequency:589

Vocabulary

ショウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
緑青	ロクショウ	verdigris; green rust; copper rust
緑青	リョクショウ	verdigris; green rust; copper rust
青蓮院流	ショウレンインリュウ	Shorenin school of calligraphy; Sonen school; Oie school
青龍	ショウリョウ	blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
青面金剛	ショウメンコンゴウ	Shōmen Kongō; Blue-Faced Vajra; blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period

セイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
青果	セイカ	fruits and vegetables; produce
青春	セイシュン	youth; adolescence; springtime of life
青少年	セイショウネン	young people; youth; the younger generation
青年	セイネン	youth; young man
未青年	ミセイネン	minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
番瀝青	ペンキ	paint
青	あお	blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature; unripe; young
青い	あおい	blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; grey; unripe; inexperienced
青ざめる	あおざめる	to become pale; to turn pale
青空	あおぞら	blue sky

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