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紫

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

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  • 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

丁

2 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 亅
street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Kun:
ひのと
On:
チョウ、 テイ、 チン、 トウ、 チ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1312 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
  • 一丁 【イッチョウ】 one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style), one block of tofu, one serving (in a restaurant), one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar), one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m), one game, one task, well then, right
  • 柳刃包丁 【ヤナギバボウチョウ】 kitchen knife for sashimi
  • 丁 【テイ】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
  • 丁寧 【テイネイ】 polite, courteous, civil, careful, close, thorough, conscientious
  • 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
  • 正丁 【セイテイ】 man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
  • 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture
  • 亜爾然丁 【アルゼンチン】 Argentina
  • 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
  • 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

Kun reading compounds

  • 丁 【てい】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
  • 丁亥 【ていがい】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ding1, zheng1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • barrio
  • distrito
  • hoja

Portuguese

  • rua
  • departamento
  • cidade
  • sufixo para contagem de para armas
  • ferramentas
  • folhas ou bolos de alguma coisa
  • número par
  • 4º sign

French

  • pâté de maison
  • tranche d'aliment
  • exactitude
  • soin extrême
  • quatrième
  • signe du 4è tronc céleste
473 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
367 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
346 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
794 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
166 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1024 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
8 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
184 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
184 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
550 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4155 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
92 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2 Morohashi
3348 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 New Nelson (John Haig)
91 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
95 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
241 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3153 2001 Kanji
0a2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-1 SKIP code
1020.0 Four corner code
1-35-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e01 Unicode hex code

香

9 strokes
Radical:
fragrance 香
Parts:
日 禾 香
incense, smell, perfume
Kun:
か、 かお.り、 かお.る
On:
コウ、 キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
859 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 香 【コウ】 incense
  • 香水 【コウスイ】 perfume, scent
  • 線香 【センコウ】 incense stick
  • 焼香 【ショウコウ】 burning (offer) incense
  • 香 【キョウ】 lance
  • 香車 【キョウシャ】 lance
  • 異香 【イキョウ】 great fragrance
  • 茴香 【ウイキョウ】 fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)

Kun reading compounds

  • 香 【か】 smell (esp. a good smell), fragrance, scent, aroma, perfume
  • 香り 【かおり】 aroma, fragrance, scent, smell
  • 腸香 【わたか】 Ischikauia steenackeri (species of cyprinid fish)
  • 木の香 【きのか】 smell of new wood
  • 香り 【かおり】 aroma, fragrance, scent, smell
  • 香りがする 【かおりがする】 to smell, to smell of, to have a smell
  • 香る 【かおる】 to smell sweet, to be fragrant

Readings

Japanese names:
こ、 こお、 ひゃん、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang1
Korean:
hyang

Spanish

  • incienso
  • perfume
  • fragancia
  • aroma
  • dar olor

Portuguese

  • incenso
  • cheiro
  • perfume

French

  • senteur
  • encens
  • parfum
1255 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
832 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5188 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1059 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1014 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
961 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1682 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1797 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1705 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1911 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3177 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2225 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
920 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44518 Morohashi
2568 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6722 New Nelson (John Haig)
911 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
977 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1301 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2278 2001 Kanji
5d4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
2-1-8 SKIP code
2060.9 Four corner code
1-25-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9999 Unicode hex code

花

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
化 匕 艾
Variants:
芲
flower
Kun:
はな
On:
カ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
  • 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
  • 紅花 【ベニバナ】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
  • 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
  • 花瓶 【ケビョウ】 vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
  • 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

Kun reading compounds

  • 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
  • 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
  • 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower

Readings

Japanese names:
わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • flor

Portuguese

  • flor

French

  • fleur
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
70 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
9 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
551 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3909 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
328 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
81 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
481 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
255 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
641 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2740 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30734P Morohashi
2211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4980 New Nelson (John Haig)
1009 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1084 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4421.4 Four corner code
1-18-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b1 Unicode hex code