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Kanji Detail for 紫 - "purple, soy sauce"

紫

  • Meaning

    紫 means "purple, soy sauce."

    1. Purple - Name of a color; a color made by mixing red and blue.

    2. Soy sauce - Refers to soy sauce.

  • Words using 紫

    • 紫外線 しがいせん Listen ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation; UV radiation
    • 紫色 むらさきいろ Listen purple; violet
    • 紫陽花 あじさい Listen bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea

  • Four-character idioms with 紫

    • 千紫万紅 せんしばんこう Listen multitude of colors; multitude of colours
    • 山紫水明 さんしすいめい Listen scenic beauty
    • 紫電一閃 しでんいっせん Listen flash of lightning; flash of a sword; brandishing a sword

  • Origin of 紫

    此, lending the reading shi, over 糸, thread: silk dyed purple — in both China and Heian Japan the most restricted, highest-ranking colour a thread could carry.

    How to remember it: Silk thread 糸 steeped in the forbidden dye — the colour reserved for the highest rank: purple.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: purple, soy sauce
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あかね, しおり, たかうじ, むらさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 紫

    Given names 紫(あかね)Listen 紫(しおり)Listen 紫(むらさき)Listen 紫(ゆか)Listen 紫(ゆかり)Listen

    Surnames 紫(たかうじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    purple; violet

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    purple, violet; amethyst; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    purple; violet

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    purple, violet; amethyst; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A color between blue and red. | 紫綬 (purple ribbon). Anciently there was the title 金紫光祿大夫. Meaning gold seal and purple ribbon. Traditionally, easily attaining high rank is called 取青紫如拾芥 (taking blue and purple like picking mustard). The phrase seen in (Book of Han).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    murasaki(むらさき) むらさき

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    purple soy sauce violet amethyst lavender lilac mauve plum mulberry

Sentences including 紫

  • I want to eat purple potatoes.

  • It's more purple than blue.

  • Namiki and Murasaki are 2 peas in a pod.

  • You go to the Chikushi river.

  • If you mix blue and red, the result is purple.

  • Red and blue paint mixed together give us purple.

  • Get out of the water. Your lips are blue.

  • The skin is changing to a purplish red.

  • The notebook is not purple.

  • Ultraviolet rays are harmful to us.

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