青 qing1
adjective | radical 174
: nature’s color; green or blue; greenish black
: youth; young (of people)
Kun Reading
青 | あお ao
noun
: blue
: green
: (Abbreviation) green light
: black (horse coat color); (Prefix) immature; unripe; young
青い | あおい aoi
adjective
: blue; green
: pale;
: unripe; inexperienced
On Reading
せい sei
Usage:
Blue Exorcist (青の祓魔師 | エクソシスト Ao no Ekusoshisuto) is a manga written and illustrated by Kazue Katō. The story revolves around Rin Okumura (and his twin brother, Yukio), a teenager who discovers he is the son of Satan born from a human woman and is the inheritor of Satan’s powers. When Satan kills Rin’s guardian, Shiro Fujimoto, Rin enrolls into the prestigious True Cross Academy (where his brother teaches) to become an exorcist to avenge his guardian.
青年 qing1nian2: youth [せいねん seinen]
年青 nian2qing1: youthful
青春 qing1chun1: youthfulness [せいしゅん seishun]
青菜 qing1cai4: green veges [あおな aona]
青蛙 qing1wa1: frog (slang: ugly) [あおがえる aogaeru]
萬[万]古長[长]青 wan4 gu3 chang2 qing1: remain fresh, eternal
Etymology:
会意 Associative Compound.
Color of a new plant growth
[生] (sheng1: life) near a well
[井] (jing3: well) – [月] (yue4: moon)
Variant:
靑 qing1
“Blue” radical #174
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary