Memory phrase for the Kanji: 青
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青 |
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Meaning
| blue, young
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Pronunciation |
SEI, SHŌ
aoi |
Explanation |
Top: growing plant  (Variation of live 生), below: moon 月 (not mismatch with 責) |
Mnemonic
| Growing plants appear in the light of the moon as blue and young.
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Radicals
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青
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blue, young | At the top a growing plant (sometimes also 耒 or 丰, as with "life" 生) and below the moon 月. Accordingly, growing plants appear in the moonlight: blue/green. |
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growing plant | |
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月
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month | The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However t1he radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon". |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 緑青 |
ろくしょう |
verdigris, patina |
| 青銅 |
せいどう |
bronze |
| 真っ青 |
まっさお |
deep blue, ghastly pale |
| 青い |
あおい |
blue, pale, green, unripe, inexperienced |
| 青少年 |
せいしょうねん |
youth/young person |
| 青白い |
あおじろい |
pale/pallid |
| 青年 |
せいねん |
youth/young man |
| 青春 |
せいしゅん |
youth/springtime of life/adolescent |
| 青 |
あお |
blue |
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