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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: Dylan 知藍 · Isaac 藍冴久 · Brandon 歩藍道 · Miranda 実藍舵 · Aja 藍安 · Ike 藍久 · Ira 藍良 · Lan 藍 · Alan 安藍 · Fran 風藍 · Iola 藍央良 · Iona 藍央七 and 82 more
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