青は藍より出でて藍より青し
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 青 | 藍 | 出 | 藍 | 青 |
| あお Grade: 1 | あい Grade: S | い Grade: 1 | あい Grade: S | あお Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | ||||
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 青出於藍，而青於藍 (“blue comes from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant itself”)
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [a̠o̞ ɰᵝa̠ a̠i jo̞ɾʲi ide̞te̞ a̠i jo̞ɾʲi a̠o̞ɕi]
Proverb
青は藍より出でて藍より青し (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 靑は藍より出でて藍より靑し, hiragana あおはあいよりいでてあいよりあおし, rōmaji ao wa ai yori idete ai yori aoshi, historical hiragana あをはあゐよりいでてあゐよりあをし)
- the student has surpassed his or her teacher