紫 – purple, violet

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The kanji 紫 means purple, violet. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むらさき (murasaki). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	むらさき	murasaki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 止・糸・幺・小・匕.

Words using 紫

紫むらさきpurple

Example sentences

その色はピンクというより紫だ。

The color is purple rather than pink.

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Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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