青

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Han character 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.2 Pronunciation 3.2.3 Derived terms 3.2.4 Related terms 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.3.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 5.2 See also 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Alternative forms

• 靑

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 生 + 丹

[edit] Han character

青 (radical 174 靑+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手一月 (QMB), four-corner 5022₇)

1. blue, green, black, azure
2. young
3. clear

[edit] Derived terms

• Index:Chinese radical/靑
• 清, 菁, 請, 晴, 蜻, 精, 倩, 崝, 𩇕, 猜, 靖, 情, 凊, 婧, 綪

[edit] References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1381, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42564
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4046, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9752

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

青 (Yale cheng1, ching1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

awo > ao. Possibly sawo > awo > ao.

[edit] Noun

青 (hiragana あお, romaji ao, historical hiragana あを)

1. blue
2. green (traffic-light green is referred to as ao, as are plant leaves.)

青 (hiragana しい, romaji shī)

1. a beast that looks like a weasel, and is said to have lived in present Fukuoka and Yamaguchi
2. a beast that looks like a wolf, and is said to have appeared in Mt. Yoshino

[edit] Etymology 2

sawo > sao. s- is often taken as a prefix to avoid vowel clusters, but it was probably the older form. Seen also in same and shine.

[edit] Noun

青 (hiragana さお, romaji sao, historical hiragana さを)

1. blue

[edit] Pronunciation

Accent: 1 (頭高型)

[edit] Derived terms

• 真青 (masao)
• 真っ青 (massao)

[edit] Related terms

• 青い(あおい, aoi) (Adjective form)

[edit] Kanji

青 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: せい (sei), しょう (shō)
• Kun: あお (ao), あおい (青い, aoi)

[edit] Compounds

青海原 青馬 青黴 青桐 青草 青臭い 青写真 青筋 青空 青田 青大将 青菜に塩

青二才 青虫 青物 青雲の志 青眼 青酸 青山 青磁 青春 青天 青天の霹靂 青天白日 青銅 青年 青嵐 青龍刀

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

青
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 청 (revised: cheong, McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏng, Yale: cheng)

• Name (hangeul): 푸를()

1. blue; green

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

青 (pinyin qīng (qing1), Wade-Giles ch'ing¹)

1. green; if about grass, plants, mountain etc.
2. blue; if about the sky, a stone etc.
3. black; if about hair, cloth etc.
4. young.

[edit] Compounds

青白 青菜 青草 青出于蓝 青春 青春痘 青春期 青瓷 青葱 青翠 青灯 青豆 青肥 青梗菜 青光眼 青红皂白 青花瓷 青黄不接 青灰 青椒 青筋 青筋暴露 青稞 青空 青睐 青莲色 青龙 青绿 青梅

青梅竹马 青霉素 青面獠牙 青苗 青年 青年节 青鸟 青皮 青纱帐 青山绿水 青少年 青史 青丝 青饲料 青蒜 青苔 (qīngtái) 清堂瓦舍 青天 青天白日 青天霹雳 青田石 青铜 青铜器 青铜器时代 青蛙 青魆魆, 青虚虚 青眼 青杨 青衣 青油油 青鱼 青郁 青云 青云直上 青肿 青贮 青壮年 青藜 (qīng lí)

• Big5:
  • Hex: AB43
  • Decimal: 43843

[edit] See also

• 藍, 蓝
• 蒼, 苍
• 紺, 绀
• 碧

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

青 (thanh, thênh, xanh)