藍

藍 U+85CD, 藍 ← 藌[U+85CC] CJK Unified Ideographs 藎 →[U+85CE] 藍 U+F923, 藍 ← 濫[U+F922] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 襤 →[U+F924]

藍 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14 in Chinese and Korean, 艸+15 in Japanese, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 17 strokes in mainland China, Cangjie input 廿尸戈廿 (TSIT) or 廿尸一廿 (TSMT), four-corner 44107, composition ⿱艹監)

• 㘕, 灆 (𱩪), 礷

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1064, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32258
• Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3311, character 8
• Unihan data for U+85CD

• Unihan data for U+F923

trad. 藍 simp. 蓝 2nd round simp. 兰

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raːm): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-ram (“indigo”); cognate with Lepcha ᰛᰤᰨᰮ (ryom), Mru [script needed] (charam), Tibetan རམས (rams, “indigo”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2019). However, Laufer (1916) considers the Tibetan word to be borrowed from Chinese.

Schuessler (2007) considers this an areal word, possibly from Southeast Asia; cf. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum (“indigo plant and dye”) (> Malay tarum).

藍

1. blue 藍色／蓝色 ― lánsè ― blue color
2. (botany) a plant used to make indigo 木藍／木蓝 ― mùlán ― Indigofera tinctoria 蓼藍／蓼蓝 ― liǎolán ― Persicaria tinctoria 馬藍／马蓝 ― mǎlán ― Strobilanthes cusia 菘藍／菘蓝 ― sōnglán ― Isatis tinctoria
   • 青，取之於藍，而青於藍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]青，取之于蓝，而青于蓝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCEQīng, qǔ zhī yú lán, ér qīng yú lán. [Pinyin]Blue is obtained from the indigo plant but is bluer than the indigo plant.
3. (botany) Brassica oleracea 結球甘藍／结球甘蓝 ― jiéqiúgānlán ― cabbage 擘藍／擘蓝 ― bòlán ― kohlrabi 芥藍／芥蓝 ― jièlán ― gailan 西藍花／西蓝花 ― xīlánhuā ― broccoli
4. (politics) related to the pro-unification pan-Blue coalition of Taiwan
5. (Hong Kong politics) supportive of the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong government Antonym: 黃 / 黄 (huáng)
6. (fantasy, roleplaying games, video games) mana points or magic points 回藍／回蓝 ― huí lán ― to regen mana Antonym: 紅 / 红
7. (literary) short for 伽藍／伽蓝 (qiélán, “Buddhist temple”) 名藍／名蓝 ― mínglán ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
8. a surname, Lan 藍玉／蓝玉 ― Lán Yù ― Lan Yu (Ming dynasty general)

• (supportive of the Hong Kong Police Force and the Hong Kong government) 藍絲／蓝丝 (lánsī)

Others:

• → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *ŋglam ~ ŋgram (“indigo”)
  • White Hmong: nkaj
• → Proto-Tai: *g.raːmᴬ (“indigo”)
  • Thai: คราม (kraam)
  • Lao: ຄາມ (khām)
  • Zhuang: gyaemq (“purple-red”)
• → Proto-Tai: *kromꟲ (“indigo”)
  • Thai: ฮ่อม (hɔ̂ɔm)
  • Zhuang: romj, goromj
• →? Proto-Vietic: *ɟaːm (“indigo”)
  • Muong: chàm
  • Vietnamese: chàm
• → Khmer: ត្រុំ (trom)
• → Zhuang: lamz

(Jōyō kanji)

1. the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria
2. the color indigo
3. kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit

• Go-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)←らん (ran, historical)←らむ (ramu, ancient)
• Kan-on: らん (ran, Jōyō)←らん (ran, historical)←らむ (ramu, ancient)
• Kun: あい (ai, 藍, Jōyō)←あゐ (awi, 藍, historical)

Kanji in this term 藍 あいGrade: S kun’yomi

/awi/ → */aji/ → /ai/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *awoy.

There are various theories regarding the ultimate derivation, all suggesting a relation to 青(あを) (awo → ao, “blue”):

• May be an alteration from 青(あを)色(いろ) (awoiro → aoiro): ⟨awoiro2⟩ → /awoirə/ → /awɨrə/ → /airo/ → /ai/
• May be a fusion of 青(あを) (awo → ao) and い (i, emphatic particle):[1] */awo i/ → */awɨ/ → */awi/ → */aji/ → /ai/
• May be derived from a compound of 青(あを) (awo → ao) + 居(ゐ) (wi → i, “there is”), expressing the sense that the indigo plant contains the color blue: /awowi/ → */awːɨ/ → /awi/ → */aji/ → /ai/

• (Tokyo) あい [áꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4]
• IPA(key): [a̠i]

藍(あい) or 藍(アイ) • (ai) ←あゐ (awi) or アヰ (awi)?

1. the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria Synonyms: 藍蓼 (aitade), 蓼藍 (tade-ai) Hypernym: 蓼 (tade)
2. the color indigo, from the dye processed from the stems and leaves of various indigo plants Synonyms: 藍色 (aiiro, ranshoku), インジゴ (injigo), インディゴ (indigo)
3. short for 藍蝋 (airō): indigo pigment made from boiled-down indigo dye liquid

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アイ (ai).

• 青(あお)は藍(あい)より出(い)でて藍(あい)より青(あお)し (ao wa ai yori idete ai yori aoshi)

藍(あい) • (Ai) ←あゐ (Awi)?

1. a female given name
2. a surname

• “藍”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
• Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

• Entry at Nihonjiten (in Japanese)

藍 (eumhun 쪽 람 (jjok ram), word-initial (South Korea) 쪽 남 (jjok nam))

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藍: Hán Nôm readings: lam, chàm, rôm, rườm, trôm, xám

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