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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  • 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

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
dark blue, navy
On:
コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1825 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 紺 【コン】 navy blue, deep blue
  • 紺屋 【コウヤ】 dyer
  • 紫紺 【シコン】 dark purple, bluish purple
  • 茄子紺 【ナスコン】 dusky purple, dark purple, eggplant color

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan4
Korean:
gam

Spanish

  • azul oscuro
  • azul marino

Portuguese

  • azul escuro
  • azul-marinho

French

  • bleu marine
1279 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1738 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3517 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1653 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1629 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1954 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1493 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1592 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1562 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1524 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1688 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
899 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1219 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1774 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27362 Morohashi
1332 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4466 New Nelson (John Haig)
1758 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1895 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1472 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2778 2001 Kanji
6a5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2497.0 Four corner code
1-26-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d3a Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
village, mile
Parts:
Variants:
plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Kun:
の-
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
120 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 野 【ノ】 plain, field, hidden (structural) member, wild, lacking a political post
  • 野外 【ヤガイ】 outdoors, outside, open air, fields, outskirts, suburbs
  • 内野 【ナイヤ】 infield, diamond
  • 在野 【ザイヤ】 out of office, out of power, in opposition, unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist), in private practice

Kun reading compounds

  • 野 【の】 plain, field, hidden (structural) member, wild, lacking a political post
  • 野末 【のずえ】 corners of a field
  • 裾野 【すその】 foot of a mountain, plain at the foot of a mountain, range, spread, extent, encompassing circle
  • 郊野 【こうの】 suburban fields

Readings

Japanese names:
ずけ、 つけ、 ぬ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye3
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • campo
  • llano
  • extensión
  • rango
  • natural
  • civil
  • no oficial

Portuguese

  • planícies
  • campo
  • rústico
  • vida de civil

French

  • sauvage
  • champ
  • rustique
  • vie civile
323 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
233 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
213 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
85 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4814 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
128 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
267 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1398 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
236 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
236 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
404 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1803 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1877 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
998 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1350 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1610 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40133 Morohashi
1485 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6208 New Nelson (John Haig)
1596 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1722 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
170 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
211 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
0a11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
6712.2 Four corner code
1-44-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91ce Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
male
Kun:
おすお-おん-
On:
ボウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2155 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 牡蠣 【カキ】 oyster, oyster shell
  • 牡丹 【ボタン】 tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa), moutan, wild boar (meat)
  • 牝牡 【ヒンボ】 male and female (animals)
  • 牡丹 【ボタン】 tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa), moutan, wild boar (meat)

Kun reading compounds

  • 雄 【おす】 male (animal, plant)
  • 牡馬 【ぼば】 male horse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu3
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • macho
  • masculino

Portuguese

French

2855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
407 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1040 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19933 Morohashi
839 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3536 New Nelson (John Haig)
2552 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2609 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2472 2001 Kanji
4g3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
2451.0 Four corner code
1-18-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7261 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
dot
Parts:
rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity
Kun:
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1402 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 丹念 【タンネン】 painstaking, careful, meticulous, scrupulous, detailed, elaborate
  • 丹精 【タンセイ】 working earnestly, sincerity, diligence, effort, pains
  • 伊勢丹 【イセタン】 Isetan (department store)
  • 切支丹 【キリシタン】 Christianity (in feudal Japan), Christian

Kun reading compounds

  • 丹 【に】 red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium), vermilion
  • 丹色 【にいろ】 red
  • 海胆 【うに】 sea urchin, seasoned sea urchin eggs
  • 黄丹 【おうだん】 orange color traditionally worn by the crown prince

Readings

Japanese names:
た、 たみ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dan1
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • rojo
  • sin adornos

Portuguese

  • Ferrugem
  • colorido
  • vermelho
  • pílulas

French

  • couleur de rouille
  • rouge
  • minium
  • pilules
1563 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1263 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
163 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1852 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1028 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
79 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1093 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1144 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1813 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
18 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4249 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2897 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2058 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
99 Morohashi
3441 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
36 New Nelson (John Haig)
2038 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2196 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1016 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3647 2001 Kanji
0a4.34 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
7744.0 Four corner code
1-35-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e39 Unicode hex code