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紫 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 紫 意味

purple, violet

紫 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

むらさき murasaki

KUNYOMI 訓読み

シ shi

Examples

その色はピンクというより紫だ。The color is purple rather than pink.
赤と青を混ぜると紫になる。Red and blue paint mixed together give us purple.
紫のじゅうたんはこの赤いカーテンと調和しないだろう。A purple carpet will not go with this red curtain.

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