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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

碧: blue, green

JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

石 carries the meaning · 王 and 白 are drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ヘキheki · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 紺碧こんぺきdeep blue; azure
  • 丹碧たんぺきred and green

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 碧あおblue; azure

Also read ヒャク, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine walking along a steep cliff and discovering a solid, square stone lying at the bottom. This is the essence of hardness and durability.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read ヘキ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ヒャク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bì

Same form: 碧 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
碧 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
碧 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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