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Kanji for Purple
The kanji for “purple” is 紫, read shi and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
purple
Purple, once the color of the highest court rank in Japan.
In the Asuka period, purple (murasaki) was designated as the highest-ranking color for court officials.
12 strokes On reading シ (shi) Kun reading むらさき (murasaki) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: purple, violet
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shi, yukari
In Japan it appears in about 400 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 紫: Shelby 紫英瑠美 · Michelle 望紫英瑠 · Siew 紫英 · Michel 望紫英瑠 · Michele 望紫英瑠 · Shelton 紫英瑠桐 · Sheridan 紫英理暖 · Shane 紫英 · Celia 紫理愛 · Maximo 真空紫萌 · Shayne 紫英偉 · Sheryl 紫英楽琉 and 32 more
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