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紫

JLPT N1 12 strokes Frequency: #1516

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

77 words total

Other (17 words)

紫馬肥むらさきうまごやし

alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

紫丁香花むらさきはしどい

lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

紅頭紫蘭こうとうしらん

Philippine ground orchid (Spathoglottis plicata)

紫御殿むらさきごてん

wandering jew (Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea')

紅紫こうし

crimson and purple

紫花豆むらさきはなまめ

scarlet runner bean

紫花菜むらさきはなな

Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)

大紫羅欄花おおあらせいとう

Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)

紫っぽいむらさきっぽい

purplish

紫ウニむらさきウニ

Heliocidaris crassispina (species of sea urchin)

紫菜むらさきな

hinona (Japanese variety of long-rooted pickling turnip, Brassica rapa var. akana)

聖紫花セイシカ

Rhododendron latoucheae (species of rhododendron)

ultraviolet rays

dark purple

amethyst

ultraviolet index

Cardiandra alternifolia (species of hydrangea)

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