What is Japanese kanji for purple?

Q: What is kanji for Dark?

闇 【やみ】 darkness, the dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, hidden place, secrecy, oblivion, black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels.

Kanji literal and JLPT

紫

JLPT 1

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Strokes count

Strokes: 12

Radicals

Radicals: 止糸幺小

Definitions

purple, violet

On'Yomi Readings

Kun'Yomi Readings

むらさき

Popular Words With This Kanji

紫
purple; violet
Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell)
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紫外線
ultra-violet rays
紫色
violet

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What name means purple in Japanese?

紫Purple. Name of the color. The color of blue and red mixed together. 桜Cherry blossom.

What is the kanji for color?

色 means 'color'

What is the rarest kanji?

たいと(taito) is the most difficult Japanese Kanji on the record with a total of 84 strokes. It is formed by combining 3 雲 (くもkumo) with 3 龍 (りゅうRyuu). 雲means cloud and 龍 means dragon in English. たいと is said to be a type of Japanese surname.

What is kanji for Dark?

闇【やみ】 darkness, the dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, hidden place, secrecy, oblivion, black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels.