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

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
garden, farm, park
Kun:
そのう.つ
On:
エンオン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2060 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 園 【エン】 garden, orchard, park, plantation, kindergarten, nursery school, preschool
  • 園内 【エンナイ】 inside the kindergarten, inside the zoo, inside the garden, inside the park
  • 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
  • 外苑 【ガイエン】 outer garden
  • 紫苑 【シオン】 aster (Aster tataricus), Tartarian aster, Michaelmas daisy
  • 鹿野苑 【ロクヤオン】 Magadaava (where Buddha delivered his first sermon), The Deer Park

Kun reading compounds

  • 園 【その】 garden, orchard, park, place, world, environment

Readings

Japanese names:
あや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • jardín imperial
  • jardín
  • parque

Portuguese

French

  • jardins (impériaux)
  • parc
  • ferme
  • recueil
3916 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
682 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2212 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2783 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1428 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1431 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30774X Morohashi
2239 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4996 New Nelson (John Haig)
1419 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1523 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k5.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4421.2 Four corner code
1-17-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82d1 Unicode hex code