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Meaning of 紫(むらさき) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 紫 JLPT 2

Kana Reading むらさき

Romaji murasaki

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

purple; violet

Example sentence

赤と青を混ぜると紫になる。 Red and blue paint mixed together give us purple.
Parts of speech

Meaning

Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell)

Example sentence

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.
Parts of speech

Meaning

type of soy sauce

Example sentence

その色はピンクというより紫だ。 The color is purple rather than pink.

Examples of 紫, むらさき in a sentence

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.
その色はピンクというより紫だ。

The color is purple rather than pink.

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Kanji in this word

紫 JLPT 1

12 strokes

purple, violet

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi: むらさき

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