| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1516 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
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
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- púrpura
- violeta
Portuguese
- roxo
- violeta
French
- violet
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 根 【コン】 stick-to-itiveness, perseverance, persistence, radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily), root, indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
- 根幹 【コンカン】 foundation, root, basis, core, fundamentals, root and trunk
- 事実無根 【ジジツムコン】 groundless, entirely contrary to fact
- 球根 【キュウコン】 (plant) bulb
Kun reading compounds
- 根 【ね】 root (of a plant), root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.), root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis, one's true nature, (fishing) reef
- 根ざす 【ねざす】 to come from, to have roots in
- 島根 【しまね】 Shimane (prefecture), island country
- 尾根 【おね】 (mountain) ridge
Readings
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- raíz matemática
- perseverancia
- raíz
Portuguese
- raiz
- radical
- verruga
French
- racine
- radical
- point noir (acné)
| 216 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 298 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 282 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 535 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2261 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 425 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 632 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1372 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 314 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 314 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 974 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1092 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1167 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 631 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 841 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1473 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14745 | Morohashi |
| 930 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2670 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1461 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1571 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 390 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 355 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1865 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-6 | SKIP code |
| 4793.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6839 | Unicode hex code |