Meanings

purple, violet

Radicals

糸

Decomposition

⿱此糸

Etymology

Pictophonetic: silk

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 vertical right-to-left

4 rising bottom-left-to-top-right

5 diagonal right-to-left

6 curve right-to-left

7 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

8 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 diagonal bottom-to-top

12 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ shi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

むらさき murasaki

Words Using This Kanji

19 words total

シ (9 words)

紫外線しがいせん

ultraviolet rays / UV / ultraviolet light

紫外しがい

ultraviolet / UV

紫外光しがいこう

ultraviolet light / UV light

紫紺しこん

dark purple / violet

紫水晶しすいしょう

amethyst / purple quartz

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むらさき (10 words)

紫むらさき

purple / violet

紫色むらさきいろ

purple / violet

紫っぽいむらさきっぽい

purplish / somewhat purple

紫がかったむらさきがかった

purplish / tinged with purple

薄紫うすむらさき

light purple / pale violet / lavender

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