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Keyword
blue
  • indigo plant
  • surname
Frequency
#1282
Strokes
13
Readings
lán100%
Mnemonic
艹 (plant) gives the meaning and 监 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
蓝lán
blue; indigo plant
蓝色lánsè
blue (color)
蓝图lántú
blueprint
蓝光Lánguāng
Blu-ray (disc format)
蓝牙Lányá
Bluetooth
蓝领lánlǐng
blue-collar; blue-collar worker
蔚蓝wèilán
azure; sky-blue
蓝本lánběn
blueprint; source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
正蓝旗Zhènglánqí
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟 (XīlínguōlèMéng), Inner Mongolia; also written 正兰旗
蓝皮书lánpíshū
an official report (e.g. governmental)
深蓝Shēnlán
Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)
蓝鲸lánjīng
blue whale
蓝调lándiào
blues (music)
蓝海lánhǎi
(neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 红海 (hónghǎi))
碧蓝bìlán
dark blue
甘蓝gānlán
cabbage; Chinese broccoli; gai larn
板蓝根bǎnlángēn
indigo woad root; root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
蓝筹股lánchóugǔ
blue chip stock