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Purple Violet 紫 シ むらさき さい ゆかり 紫(むらさき

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi むらさき
Nanori さい, ゆかり
English purple, violet
Examples 紫(むらさき): (1) purple; violet (2) Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell) (3) type of soy sauce
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1516
Components 此: this; current; next; coming; last; past
糸: thread
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 120
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading いと・いとへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword purple
Koohii Story 1 Stop sitting for so long - or else you'll get those purple threads (veins) on your legs from bad circulation. [link purple with those huge purple, bulging, crawling, worm-like varicose veins .....].
Koohii Story 2 Why is your ass purple? Well, I stopped and sat for a bit on a pile of thread... (I guess it was freshly dyed).
RTK Index 1375

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_physical.properties_color

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