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The character 蓝 is a phono-semantic compound. Its traditional form, 藍, consists of the semantic grass radical 艹 at the top, indicating a plant, and the phonetic component 监 at the bottom. The plant radical points to its original meaning: the indigo plant, historically cultivated to produce a valued natural dye. As this plant was the primary source of blue pigment, the character's meaning extended from the plant itself to the color blue. The simplified form 蓝 retains the grass radical 艹 on top while simplifying the phonetic element to 监 below, and it continues to denote the color blue and, less commonly, the indigo plant.
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蓝色很漂亮。
我最喜欢蓝天。
请打开蓝牙。
蓝色毛衣适合你。
蓝莓比草莓小。
他望着蓝色的海。
公司有了新蓝图。
那片蓝色的湖水，平静得像一面镜子。