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紫 kanji
purple, violet
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
シ
Kun readings
むらさき
Words with 紫
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —紫外線Popularultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation; UV radiation
- —紫雲purple clouds on which Amitabha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead
- —紫煙purple smoke; tobacco smoke
- —紫外ultraviolet; UV
- —紫紺dark purple; bluish purple
- —紫蘇shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa); perilla; beefsteak plant
- —紫斑purpura; purple spot
- —紫電purple lightning; flash; swordflash
- —紫檀rosewood; red sandalwood
- —紫蘭Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid)
- —紫闥gate of the imperial palace; imperial court; imperial palace
- —紫根gromwell root (of species Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
- —紫微Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)
- —紫苑aster (Aster tataricus); Tartarian aster; Michaelmas daisy
- —九紫ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)
- —紫衣purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe
- —紅紫crimson and purple; red-purple; magenta
- —滅紫dark purple; deep purple
- —穂紫蘇inflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)
- —暗紫色dark purple