Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1516 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: purple, violet

Kunyomi: むらさき

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ムラサキイロ purple, violet

外線 シガイセン ultraviolet rays, ultraviolet radiation

コウシ crimson and purple, red-purple, magenta

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

Kunyomi Examples

むらさき purple, violet, Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell), type of soy sauce

むらさきいろ purple, violet

かいむらさき Tyrian purple

古代 こだいむらさき reddish-purple