靛

靛

靛 U+975B, 靛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-975B ← 靚 [U+975A] CJK Unified Ideographs 靜 → [U+975C]

Translingual

Han character

靛 (radical 174, 靑+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手月十一人 (QBJMO), four-corner 5328₁, composition ⿰青定)

References

• KangXi: page 1382, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42577
• Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4049, character 2
• Unihan data for U+975B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		靛
variant forms		⿰⿳龶丿丶定 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (正) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
綻	*rdeːns
淀	*deːns
靛	*deːns
症	*tjɯŋs
竀	*rtʰeːŋ, *tʰeŋ
征	*tjeŋ
怔	*tjeŋ
正	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
鉦	*tjeŋ
鴊	*tjeŋ, *tjeŋs
眐	*tjeŋ
佂	*tjeŋ
整	*tjeŋʔ
政	*tjeŋs
証	*tjeŋs
定	*teːŋs, *deːŋs
顁	*teːŋs
錠	*teːŋs, *deːŋʔ, *deːŋs
掟	*deːŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàn (dian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: diàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶
    • Yale: dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tiːn²²/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*deːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靛
Reading #	1/1
No.	17165
Phonetic component	正
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	電
Old Chinese	/*deːns/

Definitions

靛

1. indigo
2. any blue dye

Compounds

藍靛／蓝靛 (lándiàn) 靛油

靛藍／靛蓝 (diànlán)

靛青

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Japanese

Kanji

靛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): てん (ten), でん (den)
• Kun: あい (ai)

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Korean

Hanja

靛 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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