蔚 wèi
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 尉 officer, military rank
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
蔚蓝
wèilán
azure; deep blue
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 雨后的海面呈现出罕见的蔚蓝，与灰白的礁石形成鲜明对比。 Yǔ hòu de hǎimiàn chéngxiàn chū hǎnjiàn de wèilán, yǔ huībái de jiāoshí xíngchéng xiānmíng duìbǐ. After the rain, the sea showed a rare azure blue, forming a sharp contrast with the grey-white rocks.
- 湖水映着蔚蓝的天空，美得像一幅画。 Húshuǐ yìng zhe wèilán de tiānkōng, měi de xiàng yī fú huà. The lake mirrored the azure sky — as beautiful as a painting.
- 飞机钻出云层，窗外是一片蔚蓝。 Fēijī zuān chū yúncéng, chuāngwài shì yī piàn wèilán. The plane broke through the clouds, and outside the window was a stretch of azure blue.
Related words
- 蓝 lán blue
- 蓝色 lánsè blue color
- 蓝图 lántú blueprint; plan
- 艳丽 yànlì bright-coloured; gorgeous
- 通红 tōnghóng completely red; flushed
- 耀眼 yàoyǎn dazzling; brilliant
- 阴暗 yīn'àn dark; gloomy
- 响亮 xiǎngliàng loud and clear; resounding
- 图形 túxíng shape; figure; graphic form
- 线条 xiàntiáo line; contour; stroke
- 一面 yímiàn one side; one aspect; at the same time
- 直径 zhíjìng diameter