Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
purple, violet
Kun:
むらさき
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1516 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 紫色 【ムラサキイロ】 purple, violet
  • 紫外線 【シガイセン】 ultraviolet rays, ultraviolet radiation
  • 紅紫 【コウシ】 crimson and purple, red-purple, magenta
  • 九紫 【キュウシ】 ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)

Kun reading compounds

  • 紫 【むらさき】 purple, violet, purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), red gromwell, red-root gromwell, soy sauce
  • 紫色 【むらさきいろ】 purple, violet
  • 貝紫 【かいむらさき】 Tyrian purple
  • 古代紫 【こだいむらさき】 reddish-purple

Readings

Japanese names:
さい、 ゆかり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • púrpura
  • violeta

Portuguese

  • roxo
  • violeta

French

  • violet
1320 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1489 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3534 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1392 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1626 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2209 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1389 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1478 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1711 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1507 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3332 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1728 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2348 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1387 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27337X Morohashi
2688 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4486 New Nelson (John Haig)
1375 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1475 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1577 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
6a6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
2-5-6 SKIP code
2290.3 Four corner code
2190.3 Four corner code
1-27-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d2b Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
script, literature
Parts:
spot, blemish, speck, patches
Kun:
まだら
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 斑 【ブチ】 spots, speckles, mottles
  • 斑晶 【ハンショウ】 phenocryst
  • 水斑 【スイハン】 water spot (e.g. dried on a dish after washing)
  • 黄斑 【オウハン】 macula, macula lutea, yellow spot

Kun reading compounds

  • 斑 【ぶち】 spots, speckles, mottles
  • 斑入り 【ふいり】 variegated, spotted
  • 胡麻斑 【ごまふ】 black speckles, small black spots (like sprinkled sesame)
  • 白斑 【はくはん】 white spot, bright spot, facula, vitiligo, leukoderma, leukoma
  • 斑 【まだら】 spots, speckles, mottles, speckled, spotted
  • 斑海豚 【まだらいるか】 pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
  • 浅葱斑 【あさぎまだら】 chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)
  • 鹿の子斑 【かのこまだら】 pattern of white spots, dapples

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ban1
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • mancha
  • mota
  • manchado
  • moteado
  • abigarrado
  • multicolor

Portuguese

French

2950 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1609 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1469 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1260 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
911 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13470 Morohashi
1000 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2371 New Nelson (John Haig)
2556 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1865 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
1111.4 Four corner code
1-40-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6591 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:
ill, sick
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 病 【ビョウ】 disease
  • 病院 【ビョウイン】 hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary
  • 血友病 【ケツユウビョウ】 hemophilia, haemophilia
  • 同病 【ドウビョウ】 the same sickness

Kun reading compounds

  • 病む 【やむ】 to fall ill, to suffer from (e.g. a disease), to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
  • 病 【やまい】 illness, disease, bad habit, weakness, fault
  • 病が篤い 【やまいがあつい】 seriously ill
  • 恋病 【こいやまい】 lovesickness
  • 躁鬱病 【そううつびょう】 manic depression, manic-depressive psychosis, bipolar disorder

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing4
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • enfermedad
  • caer enfermo

Portuguese

  • mal
  • doente

French

  • malade
310 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
404 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
381 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
441 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3042 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
145 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
224 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1250 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
380 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
381 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
229 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1352 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4062 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2059 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2791 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1698 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22127 Morohashi
3277 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3798 New Nelson (John Haig)
1682 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1813 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
365 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
5i5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-5 SKIP code
0012.7 Four corner code
1-41-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75c5 Unicode hex code