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The fresh green of nature
青 is nature's color and can refer to forest green, greenish-blue, or the darkest of greens.
青 and color represent nature, youth, and young people.
In the same way, we refer to green bananas and the rookie being green, the same is true in Chinese and Japanese, where, in a certain context, this can mean immature, unripe, or young.
In Japan, this can also be a female given name “Haru.” It can also be used as a given name (for either sex) in China.
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 represents the most compassionate of kings.
In Japanese, this title is known with the same meaning but can also be a given name, Seiryuu or Seiryu.
Note, the first character can be written as OR . Same character, just two ways to write it.
Innocent Children's Games
青梅竹馬 means “green plums and hobby-horse.”
Figuratively, it means “innocent children's games,” “childhood sweethearts,” or “a couple who grew up as childhood friends.”
This phrase may sound a little strange as it's a kind of Chinese proverb or idiom. It makes much more sense in Chinese than in English.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 青 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
青 see styles |
qīng qing1 ch`ing ching haru はる |
More info & calligraphy: Green(n,adj-no,adj-na) (1) blue; (2) green; (3) (abbreviation) green light; (4) black (horse coat color); (prefix) (5) immature; unripe; young; (female given name) Haru |
青函 see styles |
seikan / sekan せいかん |
More info & calligraphy: Seikan |
青天 see styles |
qīng tiān qing1 tian1 ch`ing t`ien ching tien seiten / seten せいてん |
More info & calligraphy: Clear Blue Skyblue sky; (personal name) Harutaka |
青玉 see styles |
seigyoku / segyoku せいぎょく |
More info & calligraphy: Sapphire |
青色 see styles |
qīng sè qing1 se4 ch`ing se ching se aoiro(p); seishoku / aoiro(p); seshoku あおいろ(P); せいしょく |
More info & calligraphy: Cyan(noun - becomes adjective with の) blue |
美青年 see styles |
biseinen / bisenen びせいねん |
More info & calligraphy: Adonis / Handsome Young Man |
爐火純青 炉火纯青 see styles |
lú huǒ chún qīng lu2 huo3 chun2 qing1 lu huo ch`un ch`ing lu huo chun ching |
More info & calligraphy: Green Fire |
青梅竹馬 青梅竹马 see styles |
qīng méi zhú mǎ qing1 mei2 zhu2 ma3 ch`ing mei chu ma ching mei chu ma |
More info & calligraphy: Green Plum and Bamboo Horse |
一青 see styles |
hitodo ひとど |
(surname) Hitodo |
丁青 see styles |
dīng qīng ding1 qing1 ting ch`ing ting ching |
Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet |
万青 see styles |
mao まお |
(female given name) Mao |
丈青 see styles |
jousei / jose じょうせい |
(given name) Jōsei |
三青 see styles |
mio みお |
(female given name) Mio |
上青 see styles |
kamiao かみあお |
(place-name) Kamiao |
下青 see styles |
shimoao しもあお |
(place-name) Shimoao |
並青 see styles |
namio なみお |
(given name) Namio |
中青 see styles |
zhōng qīng zhong1 qing1 chung ch`ing chung ching nakaao / nakao なかあお |
China Youth (official newspaper) (abbr. for 中國青年報|中国青年报[Zhong1 guo2 Qing1 nian2 Bao4]) (place-name) Nakaao |
丹青 see styles |
dān qīng dan1 qing1 tan ch`ing tan ching tansei; tanzei / tanse; tanze たんせい; たんぜい |
painting (1) (たんせい only) red and blue; (2) (たんせい only) paints; colors; (3) painting; picture |
伊青 see styles |
isei / ise いせい |
(surname) Isei |
元青 see styles |
yuán qīng yuan2 qing1 yüan ch`ing yüan ching |
deep black |
冬青 see styles |
dōng qīng dong1 qing1 tung ch`ing tung ching tousei / tose とうせい |
holly (given name) Tousei |
函青 see styles |
kansei / kanse かんせい |
(surname) Kansei |
刺青 see styles |
cì qīng ci4 qing1 tz`u ch`ing tzu ching shisei; irezumi(gikun) / shise; irezumi(gikun) しせい; いれずみ(gikun) |
to tattoo; a tattoo (noun/participle) (See 入れ墨・いれずみ) tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing |
剳青 see styles |
irezumi いれずみ |
(noun/participle) tattoo |
千青 see styles |
chiharu ちはる |
(female given name) Chiharu |
博青 see styles |
hiroharu ひろはる |
(given name) Hiroharu |
回青 see styles |
kaisei / kaise かいせい |
Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting) |
垂青 see styles |
chuí qīng chui2 qing1 ch`ui ch`ing chui ching |
to show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor |
壱青 see styles |
issei / isse いっせい |
(male given name) Issei |
天青 see styles |
tensei / tense てんせい |
(given name) Tensei |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Green | 青 | ao | qīng / qing1 / qing | ch`ing / ching |
Clear Blue Sky | 青天 | seiten | qīng tiān qing1 tian1 qing tian qingtian | ch`ing t`ien chingtien ching tien |
Cyan | 青色 | aoiro | qīng sè / qing1 se4 / qing se / qingse | ch`ing se / chingse / ching se |
Sapphire | 青玉 | seigyoku | qīng yù / qing1 yu4 / qing yu / qingyu | ch`ing yü / chingyü / ching yü |
Seikan | 青函 | seikan | ||
Adonis Handsome Young Man | 美青年 | bi sei nen / biseinen | ||
Blue Dragon Azure Dragon | 青龍 / 靑龍 青龙 | sei ryuu / seiryuu / sei ryu | qīng lóng qing1 long2 qing long qinglong | ch`ing lung chinglung ching lung |
Green Fire | 爐火純青 炉火纯青 | lú huǒ chún qīng lu2 huo3 chun2 qing1 lu huo chun qing luhuochunqing | lu huo ch`un ch`ing luhuochunching lu huo chun ching |
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Green Plum and Bamboo Horse | 青梅竹馬 青梅竹马 | qīng méi zhú mǎ qing1 mei2 zhu2 ma3 qing mei zhu ma qingmeizhuma | ch`ing mei chu ma chingmeichuma ching mei chu ma |
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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. |
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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.
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.
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.
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