The kanji 紫: meaning, readings and stroke order

紫

Meaning: purple
On reading: シ shi
Kun reading: むらさき murasaki
Strokes: 12
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: màu tím (tử)
Japanese: むらさき。
Korean: 보라색 (자)
Chinese: 紫色

Readings, words and example sentences

シ shi · on reading · less common

紫し外がい線せん
ultraviolet rays, UV
夏は 紫し外がい線せんが強いです。
UV rays are strong in summer.

むらさき murasaki · kun reading

紫むらさき
purple
紫むらさきの花がさいています。
Purple flowers are blooming.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.