靛

靛 · diàn

indigo; any blue dye

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
diàn
Cantonese
din6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

indigo; any blue dye

Dictionary definitions & readings

靛 diàn · indigo pigment

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64049.020:diàn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0242.030:diàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
074.190:diàn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
diàn粵din6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
テン デン あい あいぞめ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
전:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
堂練 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
QBJMO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5328.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1382.020 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+975B
Radical
靑 · 174
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6031

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
靛
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
denH · 堂練 · 山開四去先定 · #2697

PHONO-ML, source line 14948; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1463.301
kCowles
4166
kDaeJaweon
1893.120
kFennIndex
522.07
kHanYu
64049.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
1893.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64049.020
kIRGKangXi
1382.020
kKangXi
1382.020
kMatthews
6353
kMeyerWempe
3088
kMorohashi
42577 42577:E0101
kNelson
5078
kSMSZD2003Index
763.08
kCangjie
QBJMO
kFenn
138G
kFourCornerCode
5328.1
kHKGlyph
4459
kMojiJoho
MJ027911 MJ027911:E0101 MJ027912:E0102
kPhonetic
1342
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-3565
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C051
kIRG_JSource
J14-7B7E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-84EB
kIRG_KSource
K1-6C36
kIRG_TSource
T1-727A
kRSUnicode
174.8
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
C051
kCCCII
215F72
kCNS1986
1-727A
kCNS1992
1-727A
kEACC
4B5F72
kGB0
2169
kGB1
2169
kJIS0213
2,91,94
kJis1
7122
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7233
kTGH
2013:6031
kTaiwanTelegraph
7233
kXerox
262:323
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18915+174.8.8
kCantonese
din6
kDefinition
indigo; any blue dye
kFanqie
堂練
kHangul
전:1N
kHanyuPinyin
64049.020:diàn
kJapanese
テン デン あい あいぞめ
kJapaneseKun
AI
kJapaneseOn
TEN DEN
kKorean
CEN
kMandarin
diàn
kSMSZD2003Readings
diàn粵din6
kTGHZ2013
074.190:diàn
kXHC1983
0242.030:diàn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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12dictionary records using 靛0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
青 beside 定 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿰青定$(GHT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰青定$(GHT)

^⿰靑定$(JKP)

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