12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

purple, violet

Kun'yomi
  • purple ②Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell) ③type of soy sauce
On'yomi
Nanori
  • さい
  • ゆかり

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

むらさき 63.2%
36.8%

Character Breakdown

purple, violet
むらさき シ さい (7th, N1)
this, current, next
シ この これ (Kentei Pre-1)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

purple ②Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell) ③type of soy sauce
purple lightning
ultraviolet
giant purple butterfly (species of nymphalid butterfly, Sasakia charonda) ②Rhododendron oomurasaki (species of purple azalea)
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References

Unicode hex code 7D2B
JIS X 0208 1-27-71
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3534
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4486
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2688
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3332
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1728
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2348
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1375
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1475
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1489
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2209
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1392
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27337X
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1320
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1389
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1478
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1626
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1577
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1711
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1507
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1387
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6a6.15
Four corner code 2290.3
De Roo Code 1241