青

abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province

green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)

青 = 龶 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a cyan-colored fountain of youth.

青 = 龶 + 月 : The moon opened a very profitable start-up in front of the engine. He put up a fountain of youth and--wearing a fancy headdress--charges the Queen of Hearts a fortune for drinking from the fountain.

青 character breakdown

青
- 月
  - 二
    - 一
  - ⺆
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 龶
  - 土
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 士
    - 一
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

月

yuè = yu + e4

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

月 = ⺆ + 二 : Yu the Great (yu) is modelling a moon (月) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). He uses a stapler (⺆) to staple a lot of capacitors (二) together to form a moon shape, while the real moon is sitting for him.

龶

component in Chinese characters, occurring in 青, 毒, 素 etc / see also 青字頭|青字头[qing1 zi4 tou2]

龶 = 士 + 土 : Looks like a fancy headdress. The bachelor wears a really heavy headdress. He doesn't know it's full of mud.

Characters with 青 as component

锖

錆

qia̅ng = qi + ang1

the color of a mineral

皘

qiàn = qi + an4

white

碃

qìng = qi + (e)ng4

(stone)

𬘬

綪

qiàn = qi + an4

dark red color (of silk product)

輤

qiàn = qi + an4

a pall to cover the hearse

靔

靝

tia̅n = ti + an1

old variant of 天[tian1]

Words with 青

沥

瀝

lì

青

qi̅ng

asphalt / bitumen / pitch

炉

爐

lú

火

huǒ

纯

純

chún

青

qi̅ng

lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection

乌

烏

wu̅

青

qi̅ng

bluish black / bruise; bruising (CL:塊|块[kuai4])

乌

烏

wu̅

青

qi̅ng

bluish black / bruise / bruising / CL:塊|块[kuai4]