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Kanji for Deep blue
The kanji for “deep blue” is 蒼, read sou and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
deep blue
The deep blue-green of the open ocean and old forests.
Aoiro historically encompassed both green and blue in Japan, which is why green traffic lights are called "blue."
13 strokes On reading ソウ (sou) Kun reading あおい (aoi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: blue, pale
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ao, so, sou, sora
In Japan it appears in about 186 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 蒼: Solly 蒼里 · Sousa 蒼咲 · Solveig 蒼瑠平久 · Thomasine 蒼真志仁 · Soni 蒼仁 · Sofia 蒼日愛 · Soren 蒼蓮 · Thora 蒼良 · Zoran 蒼蘭 · Sondra 蒼登良 · Sophia 蒼日愛 · Soraia 蒼来愛 and 12 more
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