蓝lán
blue. 13 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 2.
How to write 蓝
Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–13 write 监.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 蓝 · the stroke-order rules
What 蓝 is made of
艹 (cǎo, grass) and 监 (jiān, to supervise).
艹 carries the meaning — plant — and 监 carries the sound.
Words that use 蓝
| 蓝 | blue 像晴天天空一样的颜色 晴空深处是纯净的蓝。Deep in the clear sky is a pure, deep blue. Lesson 46, 打篮球 · 研精竭虑与博闻多能 · Rigorous Inquiry & Versatile Learning |
| 蓝色 | blue color 晴天天空那样的颜色 他们穿着深蓝色运动装。They wore deep blue sportswear. Lesson 46, 打篮球 · 研精竭虑与博闻多能 · Rigorous Inquiry & Versatile Learning |
| 蓝领 | blue-collar worker 指从事体力技术工作的人 电视栏目介绍了一群蓝领工人。A television programme featured a group of blue-collar workers. Lesson 612, 蓝天钢梁 · 驰骛四方与格物明理 · Broad Horizons & Rational Discernment |
| 蓝天 | blue sky 指晴朗的天空 他们在蓝天下架起钢梁。They raised steel beams under a blue sky. Lesson 612, 蓝天钢梁 · 驰骛四方与格物明理 · Broad Horizons & Rational Discernment |
Characters that share the sound part 监
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 艹
All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.