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Kanji for Indigo
The kanji for “indigo” is 藍, read ran and written in 18 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
indigo
Indigo, the deep blue dye of traditional Japanese cloth.
Japan blue (藍色) was so common that foreigners called it “Japan blue.”
18 strokes On reading ラン (ran) Kun reading あい (ai) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: indigo
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ai, ran
In Japan it appears in about 271 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 藍: Lan 藍 · Alan 安藍 · Iola 藍桜良 · Iona 藍央奈 · Ione 藍緒仁 · Isis 藍志寿 · Oran 雄藍 · Tran 藤藍 · Aidil 藍路琉 · Aires 藍礼寿 · Aitor 藍登琉 · Alain 安藍 and 59 more
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