蓝 lán
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 监 to supervise, to direct, to control
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
蓝
lán
blue
Character
Example phrases
- 天空很蓝。 Tiānkōng hěn lán. The sky is very blue.
- 海水很蓝。 Hǎishuǐ hěn lán. The sea water is very blue.
- 这花很蓝。 Zhè huā hěn lán. This flower is very blue.