Description for “blue in Kanji”
What’s mean Blue
Blue has the impression of being cold and cool, and has meanings such as calmness and sadness. Although it has a negative meaning, it is a color that gives a positive impression, such as a clear appearance, vastness, sincerity, and freedom. It has the effect of calming the mind and increasing concentration.
What is the old word for Blue in Japan?
Traditionally, indigo and Hanada have been used in Japan as colors equivalent to modern blue.
There is a theory that ao (blue) is derived from the vagueness of shiro, and that in ancient times it was a color that represented a wide range of intermediate colors from black to white. On the other hand, there is also a theory that blue is derived from indigo. The Japanese used the word blue to describe blue, but in addition to the blue colors of the sky and the sea, the green colors of plants have also been called blue.
In Japan, green is called blue
It seems to be in the range of the Japanese word “blue”. In many cases, “青野菜” (green vegetable), and “青葉”(green leaves) were called ao.
Also, the blue light of the traffic light in Japan was “green light” at the beginning. However, the green light was described as blue in newspaper articles at the time. It spread, and after the war, the notation came to be called “blue light” by law. In the past, Japanese people called green things blue.
