蓝

blue; indigo plant

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #571 U+84DD

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 监 (phonetic, jiān)

components: 艹监

blue · Heisig RSH #1141

flower + hidden camera

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 监

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 监 (jiān) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
监 sound component	jiān	to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail
滥	làn	to flood, to overflow; excessive
篮	lán	basket; goal
槛	kǎn	threshold, door frame
尴	gān	embarrassed; ill-at-ease
褴	lán	ragged, tattered, threadbare

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
蓝山县	Lán shān Xiàn	Lanshan, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan
西蓝花	xī lán huā	variant of 西蘭花\|西兰花[xi1 lan2 hua1]
天蓝色	tiān lán sè	azure
蓝金黄	lán jīn huáng	blue, gold and yellow (BGY), the three methods of manipulation: information control (via m…
海军蓝	hǎi jūn lán	navy blue
蓝光光盘	lán guāng guāng pán	Blu-ray disk, Sony high definition DVD disk
蓝山	Lán shān	see 藍山縣\|蓝山县[Lan2 shan1 Xian4]
蓝马鸡	lán mǎ jī	(bird species of China) blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum)
天蓝	tiān lán	sky blue
蓝天	lán tiān	blue sky
蓝海	lán hǎi	(neologism) an unexplored, as yet uncontested market (contrasted with 紅海\|红海[hong2 hai3])
蓝皮书	lán pí shū	an official report (e.g. governmental)
蓝光	Lán guāng	Blu-ray (disc format)
灰蓝山雀	huī lán shān què	(bird species of China) azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus)
蓝色	lán sè	blue (color)
蓝田县	Lán tián Xiàn	Lantian, a county in Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi
蓝耳病	lán ěr bìng	porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS); blue-ear swine fever
血蓝素	xuè lán sù	(biochemistry) hemocyanin
蓝本	lán běn	blueprint; source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
美蓝	měi lán	methylene blue