05343 Chinese character of 紺 and pronounce gam3

The Chinese character【紺】that we will explain today is a character that describes color or clothing. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Dark blue or cyan.

Here is the pronunciation of this Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【紺】:gàn

Cantonese Jyutping of 【紺】:gam3

Here is some fundamental information about the character 【紺】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【紺】, for example:Describing colors or clothing , It means mainly dark blue or cyan .Because of the extensive meanings of Chinese characters, some intricate details and specialized uses might not be fully presented here.

【紺】is a word that can combine with others to create more detailed terms or phrases, such as【紺布、紺青】(Mandarin Pinyin:gàn bù 、gàn qīng/ Cantonese Jyutping:gam3 bou3 、gam3 cing1)

This character has a total of 11 strokes,It is a highly difficult Chinese character that is rarely used in daily life and has a lower frequency of usage,This example sentence will help clarify the usage of this character.:


紺青色的布料顯得格外高貴。

The dark blue fabric looks particularly noble.


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