Read Edit View history Discussion 靛 diàn indigo Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas diàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint blue Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 靛 Simp strokes 靛 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 靛 Simp strokes 靛 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 靛 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 197, 661 ], [ 463, 701 ] ], [ [ 222, 563 ], [ 444, 603 ] ], [ [ 288, 823 ], [ 341, 782 ], [ 321, 483 ] ], [ [ 48, 423 ], [ 111, 419 ], [ 459, 491 ] ], [ [ 209, 391 ], [ 239, 360 ], [ 239, 276 ], [ 195, 1 ] ], 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521 359 Q 511 355 515 343 Q 542 268 464 152 Q 446 130 439 114 Q 435 101 446 106 Q 494 121 549 231 L 558 253 Z", "M 549 231 Q 657 137 771 54 Q 796 35 833 38 Q 902 44 970 67 Q 988 71 988 77 Q 989 84 975 87 Q 783 130 753 145 Q 741 149 688 174 L 649 195 Q 633 205 617 215 Q 580 240 558 253 C 532 269 526 251 549 231 Z" ] } 16 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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