靛

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42577
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4049, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+975B

Chinese
trad. 靛
simp. # 靛
2nd round simp. 𰍎

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

Note:
  • tiān - literary;
  • tiāⁿ - vernacular.
      • (Teochew)
        • Peng'im: doin7 / diang6 / diêng6
        • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tōiⁿ / tiăng / tiĕng
        • Sinological IPA (key): /tõĩ¹¹/, /tiaŋ³⁵/, /tieŋ³⁵/
    Note:
    • doin7 - vernacular;
    • diang6/diêng6 - literary.
      • Wu
        • (Shanghai):
          • Wugniu: 6di
          • MiniDict: di去
          • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3di
          • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /di²³/
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 (dye)
  2. indigo (colour)
    彩虹七色是紅橙黃綠藍靛紫。 [MSC, trad.]
    彩虹七色是红橙黄绿蓝靛紫。 [MSC, simp.]
    Cǎihóng qī sè shì hóng chéng huáng lǜ lán diàn zǐ. [Pinyin]
    The seven colours of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
靛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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