Read Edit View history 藍 lánLán HSK2 blue, indigo plant Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas lán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 蓝 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 艹 is a component form of 艸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 藍 Simp strokes 藍 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 藍 Simp strokes 藍 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 藍 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 357, 830 ], [ 400, 802 ], [ 436, 652 ] ], [ [ 180, 712 ], [ 218, 697 ], [ 252, 695 ], [ 503, 744 ] ], [ [ 616, 869 ], [ 632, 858 ], [ 648, 827 ], [ 609, 729 ], [ 563, 642 ] ], [ [ 575, 755 ], [ 638, 748 ], [ 777, 764 ], [ 814, 760 ], [ 849, 747 ] ], [ [ 284, 582 ], [ 304, 570 ], [ 425, 591 ], [ 471, 590 ] ], [ [ 382, 557 ], [ 396, 543 ], [ 384, 509 ], [ 372, 502 ] ], [ [ 289, 458 ], [ 301, 466 ], [ 382, 480 ], [ 444, 498 ], [ 460, 491 ], [ 473, 472 ], [ 454, 435 ], [ 437, 425 ] ], [ [ 293, 372 ], [ 309, 382 ], [ 426, 402 ], [ 476, 394 ] ], [ [ 383, 370 ], [ 398, 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