diàn

Radical: 青 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

靛 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 靛

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 靛.

山靛
shān diàn
mercury
蓝靛
lán diàn
indigo
青靛
qīng diàn
indigo
靛油
diàn yóu
aniline oil
靛白
diàn bái
indigo white
靛色
diàn sè
indigo (color)
靛花
diàn huā
indigo
靛蓝
diàn lán
indigo (dye)
靛青
diàn qīng
indigo
靛蓝色
diàn lán sè
indigo blue
靛冠噪鹛
diàn guān zào méi
(bird species of China) blue-crowned laughingthrush (Pterorhinus courtoisi)
红橙黄绿蓝靛紫
hóng chéng huáng lǜ lán diàn zǐ

Related characters (radical 青)

Characters that share the radical .

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