紫

purple; violet

12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1516.

Readings

• むらさき (kun reading): 紫 (むらさき) purple; 紫色 (むらさきいろ) purple
• シ (on reading): 紫外線 (しがいせん) ultraviolet rays; 紫綬褒章 (しじゅほうしょう) Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)
• Read as a whole word: 紫陽花 (あじさい) bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); 山紫陽花 (やまあじさい) tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); 筑紫箏 (つくしごと) Tsukushi-goto (earliest school of solo koto music)

Components

• 此
• 糸
• 匕 radical spoon
• 小 radical small
• 幺 radical short thread
• 止 radical stop
• 糸 radical thread

Words using 紫

• 紫 (むらさき) purple
• 紫色 (むらさきいろ) purple
• 赤紫 (あかむらさき) purplish red
• 青紫 (あおむらさき) bluish purple
• 紫芋 (むらさきいも) purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)
• 紫外線 (しがいせん) ultraviolet rays
• 紫綬褒章 (しじゅほうしょう) Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)
• 紫外 (しがい) ultraviolet
• 紫雲 (しうん) purple clouds on which Amitabha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead
• 紅紫 (こうし) crimson and purple
• 紫陽花 (あじさい) bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)
• 山紫陽花 (やまあじさい) tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata)
• 筑紫箏 (つくしごと) Tsukushi-goto (earliest school of solo koto music)

71 words in all.

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