紺 Home·Characters·紺 Character · Qualities 紺 こうや kōya navy blue Composition 1234567891011 糸thread甘sweet Origin Thread (糸) gives the meaning and 甘 the sound: silk dyed a deep blue. In the thoughts 紺屋kōyadyer Proverbs carrying this character 045 紺屋の白袴 The dyer wears an undyed hakama. Related characters 不not, negation乏lack, scarcity也to be, also事matter, affair他other以by means of位rank, position何what, which健sturdy, healthy元origin, beginning