Many custom options...

Tan Paper and Copper Silk Love Wall Scroll
Red Paper and Ivory Silk Love Wall Scroll
Orange Paper Love Scroll
Crazy Blue and Gold Silk Love Scroll


And formats...

Love Vertical Portrait
Love Horizontal Wall Scroll
Love Vertical Portrait

Indigo in Chinese / Japanese...

Buy an Indigo calligraphy wall scroll here!

Blue / Indigo

Color

 lán
 ai
Blue / Indigo Scroll

藍 is the single character for the color blue in Chinese.

It can also mean indigo in Japanese Kanji and old Korean Hanja.


These search terms might be related to Indigo:

Blue Dragon / Azure Dragon

Navy

Navy SEALS

Sapphire

Not the results for Indigo that you were looking for?

Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Indigo search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


see styles
lán
    lan2
lan
 ranran
    らんらん

More info & calligraphy:

Blue / Indigo
blue; indigo plant
(1) (kana only) dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); (2) (See インディゴ) indigo (dye); (3) (See 藍色) indigo (colour); (personal name) Ranran
Blue, indigo; translit. ram, lam.

see styles

    he4
ho
 kachi; katsu; kachin(ok)
    かち; かつ; かちん(ok)

More info & calligraphy:

Brown
brown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth; Taiwan pr. [he2]
(1) (See 褐色) dark indigo (almost black); (2) coarse cloth
Coarse serge, hence poverty.


see styles
piǎo
    piao3
p`iao
    piao
 hanada
    はなだ
(literary) light blue; (literary) light blue silk fabric
(abbreviation) light indigo; (female given name) Hanada

see styles
 sukumo
    すくも
dye made of fermented indigo leaves

see styles
diàn
    dian4
tien
indigo pigment

二藍

see styles
 futaai / futai
    ふたあい
deep purple; reddish indigo

山藍

see styles
 yamaai / yamai
    やまあい
(kana only) Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye); (surname) Yamaai

庭藤

see styles
 niwafuji; niwafuji
    にわふじ; ニワフジ
(kana only) Chinese indigo (Indigofera decora); summer wisteria

搗色

see styles
 kachiiro / kachiro
    かちいろ
dark indigo (almost black)

木藍

see styles
 kiai; kiai
    きあい; キアイ
(1) (kana only) (See インド藍) anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); (2) (kana only) (See 琉球藍) Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)

本藍

see styles
 honai
    ほんあい
natural indigo; true indigo dye

桜襲

see styles
 sakuragasane
    さくらがさね
combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)

桜重

see styles
 sakurae
    さくらえ
combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo); (personal name) Sakurae

洋藍

see styles
 youran / yoran
    ようらん
(rare) (See インディゴ) indigo

浅縹

see styles
 asahanada
    あさはなだ
pale indigo

濃藍

see styles
 koai
    こあい
(See 濃藍色) deep indigo; (female given name) Koai

瓶覗

see styles
 kamenozoki
    かめのぞき
(hist) faint indigo blue (traditional Japanese color name)

白絣

see styles
 shirogasuri
    しろがすり
white cloth or kimono with black or indigo splash patterns

縹色

see styles
 hanadairo
    はなだいろ
light indigo

花色

see styles
huā sè
    hua1 se4
hua se
 kashiki
    かしき
variety; design and color; suit (cards)
(1) color of a flower (colour); (2) light indigo; light blue; (female given name) Kashiki

蓼藍


蓼蓝

see styles
liǎo lán
    liao3 lan2
liao lan
 tadeai; tadeai
    たであい; タデアイ
indigo dye; Polygonum tinctorium
(kana only) (See 藍・1) dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)

藍型

see styles
 aigata
    あいがた
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo

藍墨

see styles
 aizumi
    あいずみ
(See 藍蝋) indigo wax shaped as an inkstick

藍屋

see styles
 aiya
    あいや
(See 藍染め屋) indigo dyer

藍摺

see styles
 aizuri
    あいずり
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow); (2) staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves

藍染

see styles
 aizome
    あいぞめ
indigo dye; (surname) Aizome

藍汁

see styles
 aishiru
    あいしる
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)

藍澱

see styles
 aishiru
    あいしる
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)

藍瓶

see styles
 aigame
    あいがめ
earthenware pot for storing indigo dye

藍紙

see styles
 aigami
    あいがみ
(1) indigo-dyed paper; indigo paper; (2) (See 青花紙) spiderwort-dyed paper

Click here for more Indigo results from our dictionary

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Blue
Indigo

ailán / lan2 / lan
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


Dictionary

Lookup Indigo in my Japanese & Chinese Dictionary


Successful Chinese Character and Japanese Kanji calligraphy searches within the last few hours...

A Moment of Time is as Precious as GoldAadilAaliyahAartiAbbiAbbyAbdulAbdullahAbdulrahmanAbigaelAbubakarAdelaAdrianAdrianaAdrielAdvance BravelyAgusteAhmedAinsleyAishaAkashAkemiAlaricAlexanderAlexandraAlexandriaAlieAlinaAlishaAlways Try to Do BetterAlyciaAminaAmirAnasAnatoliAndreasAndyAngelAngelaAnikAnilaAnniAnoukAnshuAnshulAnushkaArcherArdenArdiAreebArelyArenAriaArielaArielleArifArleyArminArmstrongArnoldAryanArzooAscendAsheAstridAthenaAuraAyeshaAylahAzamAzariahAzharAzisAzizBanzaiBe Like Water My FriendBe True to YourselfBeatriceBeatrizBeckBellaBenoitBensonBentoBest FriendsBest Friends ForeverBetter to Be Happy Than RichBhumikaBibiBijayBlaineBlakeBlissBodenBogdanBramBrazilBrendaBrennanBrielleBrodyBrother and Sister BondBryantCaitlynCalebCaliCallumCalmCamilleCapucineCarmenCarsonCarterCasanovaCathCaydenChandChaosCharlieCharmaineChavezChelseaChop Wood Carry WaterChrist My SaviorChristelleChristieCindyClarissaClarityClintonCommitmentCompassionConstantineContentmentCoriCosmoCourageCourtneyCraigCraneCyrineCyrusDaisyDaito Ryu Aiki JujutsuDaltonDamarisDanaDaniaDanieleDanielleDaodejing Chapter 9DaphneDarrenDarrylDavidDeanDeath Before DishonorDemetriDenaDestinyDevonteDexterDillonDionDollyDominicDominickDragaDragon Crane TigerDrewDrunken MonkeyDuarteEddieEdwinElaineEleanorElenaEliaEliakimElianaElieElijahElinaElisaEllieEllisEloiseElsaEmiliaEmmanuelErenEricaErnestoErrolEstherEverything Happens for a ReasonEvieEwanFabian

All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.

When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.

Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!

When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.


A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form of art alive.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.


Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.

Some people may refer to this entry as Indigo Kanji, Indigo Characters, Indigo in Mandarin Chinese, Indigo Characters, Indigo in Chinese Writing, Indigo in Japanese Writing, Indigo in Asian Writing, Indigo Ideograms, Chinese Indigo symbols, Indigo Hieroglyphics, Indigo Glyphs, Indigo in Chinese Letters, Indigo Hanzi, Indigo in Japanese Kanji, Indigo Pictograms, Indigo in the Chinese Written-Language, or Indigo in the Japanese Written-Language.

245 people have searched for Indigo in Chinese or Japanese in the past year.
Indigo was last searched for by someone else on Apr 20th, 2026