RTK / HeisigFrame #1654

青

blue

WK Level: 5

Strokes: 1

Meanings

blue RTKYoung

Mnemonic Aliases

Narrative names used in mnemonics for this kanji.

blue vase

Community Mnemonic

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"Once in a blue moon" refers to a rare event. But originally "blue moon" refers to a full moon, in other words a fully grown-up moon. Whether once a month is rare or not depends on what we're talking about, but that happens to be the origin of the expression.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Components

On'yomi

せいしょう

Kun'yomi

あお