JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 碧: "blue, green"
The kanji 碧 means "blue, green". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ヘキ, ヒャク 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)
ヘキヒャク
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 | blue, green |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2455 of 2,501 |
Common words with 碧
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 碧眼blue eyes
- 紺碧deep blue; azure
- 碧色green; emerald
- 碧玉jasper
- 碧空blue sky; azure sky
- 碧山green mountains
- 碧海blue sea; blue expanse of water
- 紅毛碧眼red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner
- 碧雲bluish cloud · azure sky; blue sky
- 三碧third of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and east)
- 碧水blue water; green water
- 桑田碧海the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)
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