紫

Readings

Kana: シ、むらさき

Romaji: shi, murasaki

Kana

Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: さい、ゆかり

Romaji: sai, yukari

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

purple, violet

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 12

Radical Number: 120

Frequency: 1516

Grade: 8

Skip Pattern: 2-6-6

Korean Reading: ja

Chinese Reading: zi3

Unicode: 7d2b

JIS: 3B67

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2688

Nelson Index: 3534

New Nelson Index: 4486

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6a6.15

Four Corner Index: 2190.3

Guide to Remembering Index: 1320

Gakken Index: 1489

Japanese Names Index: 2209

Daikanwanjiten Index: 27337X

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0992

Remembering the kanji Index: 1375

Kanji Flashcards Index: 1626

Kodansha Compact Index: 1507

Kanji in Context Index: 1711

1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1728

2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2348

French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1387

Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1475

Essential Kanji Index: 1392

Kodansha Kanji Index: 3332

Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1241

Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1577

Words

紫 (むらさき)

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

紫外線 (しがいせん)

ultra-violet rays

紫電 (しでん)

purple lightning; flash; swordflash

紫苑 (しおん)

Tartarian aster (Aster tataricus)

紫陽花 (あじさい、アジサイ)

bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea

紫色 (むらさきいろ)

violet

紫綬褒章 (しじゅほうしょう)

Medal with Purple Ribbon

紫式部 (むらさきしきぶ、ムラサキシキブ)

Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

紫雲 (しうん)

purple clouds; clouds on which Amida Buddha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

薄紫 (うすむらさき)

light purple

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