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    3. 紫

    紫

    紫むらさき

    purple

    N1KMT9Freq #1516Core ConceptsKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    むらさき

    On'yomi

    シ

    Nanori

    さいゆかり

    purpleviolet

    此糸

    卜
    止
    匕
    糸

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    砦疵眥眦觜貲雌柴些累紮紕觜眥眦疵此

    Alternative forms of this concept

    糹

    Concepts using this kanji

    紫外線

    ultraviolet rays

    紫

    purple

    紫色

    purple

    紫陽花

    bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)

    紫綬褒章

    Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)

    山紫水明

    scenic beauty

    九紫

    ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)

    紫式部

    Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

    大紫

    giant purple butterfly (species of nymphalid butterfly, Sasakia charonda)

    内紫

    purple Washington clam (Saxidomus purpurata)

    古代紫

    reddish-purple

    紫外光

    ultraviolet rays

    京紫

    somewhat reddish purple

    紫外

    ultraviolet

    極紫外線

    extreme ultraviolet

    千紫万紅

    multitude of colors

    紫外線療法

    ultraviolet treatment

    紫電

    purple lightning

    山紫陽花

    tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata)

    江戸紫

    bluish-violet

    若紫

    light purple

    紫海苔

    Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)

    紫外線消去型EPROM

    ultraviolet erasable programmable read-only memory

    藤紫

    dark lilac (color)

    深紫

    deep purple

    紫紺

    dark purple

    紫電一閃

    flash of lightning

    沢紫陽花

    tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata)

    黒紫色

    dark purple

    紫根

    gromwell root (of species Lithospermum erythrorhizon)

    赤紫

    purplish red

    筑紫女学園大学

    Chikushi Jogakuen University

    青紫

    bluish purple

    紫湿地

    wood blewit (Lepista nuda)

    紫水晶

    amethyst

    額紫陽花

    lacecap hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla f. normalis)

    西洋紫陽花

    Western hydrangea

    紫雲英

    Chinese milk vetch

    紫蒲公英

    Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)

    聖紫花

    Rhododendron latoucheae (species of rhododendron)

    紫丁香花

    lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

    紫猿子

    purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus)

    紫花菜

    Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)

    紫花豆

    scarlet runner bean

    暗紫色

    dark purple

    薄紫色

    orchid

    紫木蓮

    alternative name for lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)

    淡紫色

    lilac (colour)

    紫弁慶草

    orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)

    紫衣

    purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household)

    紫君子蘭

    African lily (Agapanthus africanus)

    紫微

    Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

    浅紫

    light purple

    紫露草

    Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)

    紫馬肥

    alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

    貝紫色

    Tyrian purple

    蔓紫

    Malabar spinach (Basella alba)

    滅紫

    dark purple

    紫がかる

    to be purplish

    紫がかった

    purplish

    紫っぽい

    purplish

    紫ウニ

    Heliocidaris crassispina (species of sea urchin)

    紅紫

    crimson and purple

    紫菜

    hinona (Japanese variety of long-rooted pickling turnip, Brassica rapa var. akana)

    紫雲

    purple clouds on which Amitabha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

    薄紫

    light purple

    濃紫

    dark purple

    紫御殿

    wandering jew (Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea')

    紫煙

    purple smoke

    紫片喰

    pink woodsorrel (Oxalis corymbosa)

    紫微垣

    Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

    大紫羅欄花

    Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)

    筑紫石楠花

    Tsukushi rhododendron (Rhododendron metternichii var.)

    紫斑病

    purpura

    紫苑色

    light purple (similar to that of the flowers of the Tartarian aster)

    筑紫

    Tsukushi (former province located in northern Kyūshū; later split into Chikuzen and Chikugo)

    赤紫蘇

    red shiso

    貝紫

    Tyrian purple

    紫貝

    Soletellina diphos (species of clam)

    紫馬簾菊

    eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

    藍紫色

    violet tinged with indigo

    春紫菀

    Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)

    赤筑紫鴨

    ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)

    紅頭紫蘭

    Philippine ground orchid (Spathoglottis plicata)

    紫羅欄花

    garden stock (Matthiola incana)

    紫紺野牡丹

    princess-flower (Tibouchina urvilleana)

    紫鷺苔

    Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii)

    紫苑

    aster (Aster tataricus)

    筑紫鴨

    common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

    紫蘭

    Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid)

    紫蘇

    shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa)

    紫宸殿

    Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)

    紫芋

    purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)

    紫斑

    purpura

    紫燕

    powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus)

    穂紫蘇

    inflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)

    筑紫箏

    Tsukushi-goto (earliest school of solo koto music)

    紫檀

    rosewood

    紫貽貝

    Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

    紫薺

    purple rock cress (Aubrietia deltoidea)

    紫闥

    gate of the imperial palace

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 匕
    • 卜
    • 止
    • 糸

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    • 穂紫蘇
    • 山紫水明
    • 紫
    • 紫雲
    • 紫煙
    • 紫外
    • 紫外線
    • 紫紺
    • 紫色
    • 紫水晶
    • 紫蘇
    • 紫陽花
    • 赤紫
    • 濃紫
    • 暗紫色
    • 古代紫
    • 紫斑
    • 紫雲英
    • 紫電
    • 紫檀
    • 紫蘭
    • 紫露草
    • 若紫
    • 千紫万紅
    • 紫斑病
    • 薄紫色
    • 紫宸殿
    • 紫外線療法
    • 紫綬褒章
    • 紫羅欄花
    • 大紫
    • 紫電一閃
    • 深紫
    • 紫木蓮
    • 紫紺野牡丹
    • 紫式部
    • 極紫外線
    • 春紫菀
    • 紫燕
    • 紫闥
    • 浅紫
    • 紫鷺苔
    • 赤紫蘇
    • 紫貝
    • 筑紫鴨
    • 紫貽貝
    • 紫根
    • 紫微
    • 紫微垣
    • 紫苑
    • 紫蒲公英
    • 紫外線消去型EPROM
    • 筑紫石楠花
    • 額紫陽花
    • 西洋紫陽花
    • 紫弁慶草
    • 紫君子蘭
    • 黒紫色
    • 淡紫色
    • 藤紫
    • 紫芋
    • 藍紫色
    • 九紫
    • 薄紫
    • 紫猿子
    • 青紫
    • 紫湿地
    • 江戸紫
    • 貝紫色
    • 京紫
    • 紫苑色
    • 貝紫
    • 山紫陽花
    • 沢紫陽花
    • 紫がかる
    • 紫がかった
    • 紫片喰
    • 内紫
    • 蔓紫
    • 紫馬簾菊
    • 紫衣
    • 紫馬肥
    • 紅頭紫蘭
    • 紫丁香花
    • 紫御殿
    • 紫花菜
    • 紫花豆
    • 紅紫
    • 大紫羅欄花
    • 筑紫
    • 紫っぽい
    • 紫ウニ
    • 紫菜
    • 紫薺
    • 紫海苔
    • 筑紫箏
    • 聖紫花
    • 紫外光
    • 赤筑紫鴨
    • 滅紫
    • 筑紫女学園大学

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