| 靑 | ||
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| 靑 (U+9751) "blue/green" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | qīng | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄑㄧㄥ | |
| Wade–Giles: | ch'ing1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | cheng1, ching1 | |
| Jyutping: | ceng1, cing1 | |
| Japanese Kana: | セイ sei / ショウ shō (on'yomi) あお ao (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 청 cheong | |
| Hán-Việt: | thanh | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 青/あお ao | |
| Hangul: | 푸를 pureul | |
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Radical 174 or radical blue (靑部/青部) meaning "blue" or "green" or "black" (see Distinguishing blue from green in Chinese) is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes. It is also the character representing the color ao in Japanese, a general term covering both blue and green.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 17 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
The xin zixing form, 青, is the 168th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.