青色

qīngsè
noun #33,237

Meanings

  1. 1 cyan
  2. 2 blue-green
  3. 3 dark blue or green color

Examples

Tā chuānzhe yī jiàn qīngsè de chènshān.
He's wearing a cyan shirt.
Tiānkōng fànzhe qīngsè.
The sky is tinged blue-green.

Tips

culture
covers a band of cool colors that English splits — depending on context, 青色 can mean green (青草 'green grass'), blue (青天 'blue sky'), or even black ( 'jet-black hair'). Pinning down which one requires context. In modern color terminology it most often means cyan/teal.
memory
Think of as the color of nature seen in changing light — grass, sea, sky. The character pictures a sprout () above the well/cinnabar element () — fresh growth color.

Stroke Order

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