JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 紺: "dark blue, navy"
The kanji 紺 means "dark blue, navy". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read コン in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | dark blue, navy |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1825 of 2,501 |
Common words with 紺
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 紺色deep blue; navy blue
- 紺navy blue; deep blue
- 濃紺dark blue
- 紺碧deep blue; azure
- 紫紺dark purple; bluish purple
- 紺青Prussian blue; deep blue; dark blue; ultramarine
- 紺地dark blue ground · dark blue cloth
- 紺屋dyer
- 紺絣dark blue cloth with white splash patterns
- 紺青色Prussian blue; deep blue; dark blue; ultramarine
- 茄子紺dusky purple; dark purple; eggplant color
- 紺屋の白袴the shoemaker's children go barefoot; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves; the dyer's white hakama
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