青 – Kanji details

Keyword

blue

Info

Frequency	Top 400-500
Type	Kyōiku (1st grade) ?
Kanken	Level 10
Heisig	1654
Readings	あお (60%) せい (34%) さお (2%) しょう (1%)
	じょうっさおとごあおんぜい

Composed of

龶

king with a hat

月

moon

Mnemonic

If a king with a hat would live on the moon, he would certainly appear blue due to all of the blue light reflected off Earth.

Used in kanji (9 in total)

emotion

spirit (of life)

quiet

clear up

clean

formally request

rust

repose

mackerel

Used in vocabulary (379 in total)

青あおい

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

青あお

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

青せい年ねん

youth; young man

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Examples (200 in total)

あの少しょう女じょの目めは青あおい。

That girl's eyes are blue.

あの青あおいのも私わたしのです。

That blue one is also mine.

この建たて物ものは青あおいです。

This building is blue.

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