紫 — purple, violet

むらさき紫 purple

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes color

U+7D2B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1516 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1475 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

purple
violet

word

むらさき murasaki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

紫(むらさき) murasaki purple

し shi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

紫(し) 外(がい) 線(せん) shigaisen ultraviolet rays

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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