懂中文 Dong Chinese

紺

gàn

dark blue or reddish color

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

silk

甘 sound component

甘  Sound component

gān

  

sweetness

Evolution

紺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
紺 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
紺 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
紺 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
紺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

绀 (紺) 

gàn

dark blue or reddish color; violet or purple

Most common words with 紺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

绀

violet or purple

发绀

cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood)