靛
indigo pigment
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,081 U+975B
How 靛 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
青 (semantic, “blue”) + 定 (phonetic, dìng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 定
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 定 (dìng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 定 sound component | dìng | to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure |
| 淀 | diàn | marsh, swamp; sediment; to precipitate |
| 绽 | zhàn | to crack; to burst open; to split at the seams |
| 啶 | dìng | in chemistry, -dine |
| 碇 | dìng | anchor |
| 锭 | dìng | spindle, ingot; tablet, slab |
| 腚 | dìng | buttocks |
Words containing 靛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 靛蓝色 | diàn lán sè | indigo blue |
| 靛冠噪鹛 | diàn guān zào méi | (bird species of China) blue-crowned laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi) |
| 山靛 | shān diàn | (botany) the spurges, the mercuries (plants of genus Mercurialis) |
| 靛白 | diàn bái | indigo white |
| 靛花 | diàn huā | indigo |
| 靛色 | diàn sè | indigo (color) |
| 靛油 | diàn yóu | aniline oil |
| 青靛 | qīng diàn | indigo |
| 靛青 | diàn qīng | indigo |
| 蓝靛 | lán diàn | indigo |
| 靛蓝 | diàn lán | indigo (dye) |