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青龍 is a scholarly title for "Blue Dragon" or "Azure Dragon".
You'll find this title used in ancient Chinese literature and astronomy. This dragon has dominion over the eastern sky or eastern heavens. The Azure Dragon is also noted for representing the spring season. Also seen as an auspicious omen.
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty canonized the five colored dragons as "kings". The Azure Dragon representing the most compassionate of kings.
In Japanese, this title is known with the same meaning but can also be a given name, Seiryuu.
Note, the first character can be written as OR
. Same character, just two ways to write it.
This title can mean blue or green dragon.
The first character can mean blue, green, azure, or celadon.
The second character means dragon.
This is mostly a Chinese title (especially in Buddhism). It will be understood but less commonly used in Japanese and Korean.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Blue Dragon Azure Dragon | 青龍 / 靑龍 青龙 | sei ryuu / seiryuu / sei ryu / seiryu | qīng lóng qing1 long2 qing long qinglong | ch`ing lung chinglung ching lung |
Blue Dragon | 蒼龍 苍龙 | cāng lóng cang1 long2 cang long canglong | ts`ang lung tsanglung tsang lung |
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Green Dragon Blue Dragon | 靑龍 靑龙 | sei ryū / seiryū | qīng lóng qing1 long2 qing long qinglong | ch`ing lung chinglung ching lung |
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. |
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your azure search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
蒼龍 苍龙 see styles |
cāng lóng / cang1 long2 ts`ang lung / tsang lung souryuu / soryu / そうりゅう |
![]() More info & calligraphy: (1) blue dragon; (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (3) (astron) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; (4) large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; (5) shape of an old pine tree; (given name) Souryuu |
滄 沧 see styles |
cāng / cang1 ts`ang / tsang sō / そうがい |
blue-green or azure (of water); vast (of water); cold (given name) Sougai vast |
蒼 苍 see styles |
cāng / cang1 ts`ang / tsang sō / そうじ |
dark blue; deep green; ash-gray (n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) blue; (2) green; (3) (abbreviation) green light; (4) black (horse coat color); (prefix) (5) immature; unripe; young; (personal name) Souji Azure; the heavens; grey, old; azure |
四象 see styles |
sì xiàng / si4 xiang4 ssu hsiang shishou / shisho / ししょう |
four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3] four images; four symbols; four emblems; four phenomena; four phases; (given name) Shishou |
尾長 see styles |
onaga;onaga / おなが;オナガ | (1) (kana only) azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); (prefix) (2) long-tailed; (surname) Onaga |
湛藍 湛蓝 see styles |
zhàn lán / zhan4 lan2 chan lan |
azure |
白藍 see styles |
shiraai;shiroai / shirai;shiroai / しらあい;しろあい | pale cyan; pale azure |
石青 see styles |
shí qīng / shi2 qing1 shih ch`ing / shih ching |
azurite; copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2; azure blue |
碧空 see styles |
bì kōng / bi4 kong1 pi k`ung / pi kung hekikuu / hekiku / へきくう |
the blue sky blue sky; azure sky; (female given name) Sora |
碧雲 see styles |
hekiun / へきうん | (1) bluish cloud; (2) azure sky; blue sky; (given name) Hekiun |
紺碧 see styles |
konpeki / こんぺき | deep blue; azure; (personal name) Konpeki |
蒼天 苍天 see styles |
cāng tiān / cang1 tian1 ts`ang t`ien / tsang tien souten / soten / そうてん |
firmament (1) blue sky; azure sky; (2) spring sky; (female given name) Sora blue sky |
蒼竜 see styles |
souryuu / soryu / そうりゅう | (1) blue dragon; (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (3) (astron) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; (4) large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; (5) shape of an old pine tree; (given name) Souryuu |
蒼紅 see styles |
soukou / soko / そうこう | (noun - becomes adjective with の) blue and red; azure and crimson |
蔚藍 蔚蓝 see styles |
wèi lán / wei4 lan2 wei lan |
azure; sky blue |
藍白 see styles |
aijiro / あいじろ | pale cyan; pale azure |
青し see styles |
aoshi / あおし | (adj-ku) (1) (archaism) blue; azure; (adj-ku) (2) (archaism) green; (adj-ku) (3) (archaism) (in ref. to facial colour) pale; gray; grey; (adj-ku) (4) (archaism) unripe; inexperienced |
青竜 see styles |
seiryuu / seryu / せいりゅう | (1) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (surname, given name) Seiryuu |
青龍 青龙 see styles |
qīng lóng / qing1 long2 ch`ing lung / ching lung seiryuu / seryu / せいりゅう |
Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙[Dong1 fang1 Qing1 long2] or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙[Dong1 fang1 Cang1 long2]; (slang) man without pubic hair (1) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); (2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (surname, given name) Seiryuu |
オナガ see styles |
onaga / オナガ | (1) (kana only) azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); (prefix) (2) long-tailed |
五大色 see styles |
wǔ dà sè / wu3 da4 se4 wu ta se go daishiki |
The five chief colours— yellow for earth, white for water, red for fire, black for wind, azure for space (or the sky). Some say white for wind and black for water; five great colors |
冰伽羅 冰伽罗 see styles |
bīng qié luó / bing1 qie2 luo2 ping ch`ieh lo / ping chieh lo hyōgara |
piṅgala, tawny; tr. as 蒼色 azure, grey; (Skt. piṅgala) |
天藍色 天蓝色 see styles |
tiān lán sè / tian1 lan2 se4 t`ien lan se / tien lan se |
azure |
灰喜鵲 灰喜鹊 see styles |
huī xǐ què / hui1 xi3 que4 hui hsi ch`üeh / hui hsi chüeh |
(bird species of China) azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) |
瑠璃色 see styles |
ruriiro / ruriro / るりいろ | lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure |
蒼龍窟 苍龙窟 see styles |
cāng lóng kū / cang1 long2 ku1 ts`ang lung k`u / tsang lung ku sōryū kutsu |
The cave of the azure or green dragon, where it lies curled over the talismanic pearl, which only a hero can obtain; the cave of the azure or green dragon |
灰藍山雀 灰蓝山雀 see styles |
huī lán shān què / hui1 lan2 shan1 que4 hui lan shan ch`üeh / hui lan shan chüeh |
(bird species of China) azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus) |
十五尊觀音 十五尊观音 see styles |
shí wǔ zūn guān yīn / shi2 wu3 zun1 guan1 yin1 shih wu tsun kuan yin Jūgoson Kannon |
The fifteen kinds of Guanyin's images—normal face, with thousand hands, horse's head, eleven faces, as Cundā (Marīci), with the 如意 talismanic wheel, net, white robe, leaf robe, moon, willow, fruit, as Tārā, with azure neck, and as Gandharāja; fifteen images of Avalokitêśvara |
蒼竜;蒼龍 see styles |
souryou;souryuu / soryo;soryu / そうりょう;そうりゅう | (1) (See 青竜・1) blue dragon; (2) (See 青竜・2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (3) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; (4) large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; (5) shape of an old pine tree |
青龍;青竜 see styles |
seiryou;shouryou;seiryuu / seryo;shoryo;seryu / せいりょう;しょうりょう;せいりゅう | (1) blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); (2) (See 四神) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens) |
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