Keyword
purple
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig1475
Readings
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(40%)
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Mnemonic

This here thread is purple.

Used in vocabulary (128 in total)
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation; UV radiation
dark purple; bluish purple
aster (Aster tataricus); Tartarian aster; Michaelmas daisy
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
Tsukushi (former province located in northern Kyūshū; later split into Chikuzen and Chikugo); Kyūshū
rosewood; red sandalwood
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)
dark lilac (color); royal blue
purple clouds on which Amitabha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead
shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa); perilla; beefsteak plant
crimson and purple; red-purple; magenta
Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
flash of lightning; flash of a sword; brandishing a sword
light purple; mauve
purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe
purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)
dark purple; deep purple
Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)
multitude of colors; multitude of colours
green beefsteak plant; green perilla
purpura; purple spot
bluish-violet; royal purple
powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus); purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)
lilac (colour); mauve; light purple
gromwell root (of species Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
ultraviolet; UV
Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid)
red shiso; red perilla
Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
African lily (Agapanthus africanus)
Japanese apricot and shiso
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
light purple (similar to that of the flowers of the Tartarian aster)
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)
garden stock (Matthiola incana); gillyflower
lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
Tyrian purple; royal purple
giant purple butterfly (species of nymphalid butterfly, Sasakia charonda); Rhododendron oomurasaki (species of purple azalea)
Tsukushi-goto (earliest school of solo koto music); Tsukushi school; koto used in Tsukushi-goto music
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
violet tinged with indigo
Soletellina diphos (species of clam)
ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation
Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
Murasaki Station
ultraviolet forecast; UV forecast
ultraviolet treatment; ultraviolet light therapy
Tsukushi-goto (earliest school of solo koto music); Tsukushi school; koto used in Tsukushi-goto music
Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)
wandering jew (Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea'); purple secretia; purple-heart; purple queen
Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)
purplish; purply; tinged with purple
hinona (Japanese variety of long-rooted pickling turnip, Brassica rapa var. akana)
lacecap hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla f. normalis)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern
aster (Aster tataricus); Tartarian aster; Michaelmas daisy
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)
Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)
Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus); common fleabane
Heliocidaris crassispina (species of sea urchin); Anthocidaris crassispina
Heliocidaris crassispina (species of sea urchin); Anthocidaris crassispina
lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
rice sprinkled with red perilla
rice sprinkled with red perilla
eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea); purple coneflower
Malabar spinach (Basella alba); Indian spinach
tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa mollis)
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)
Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
Hydrangeaceae (family comprising the hortensias (hydrangeas))
Miquel's mazus (species of small flowering plant, Mazus miquelii)
inflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)
princess-flower (Tibouchina urvilleana)
gate of the imperial palace; imperial court; imperial palace
ultraviolet erasable programmable read-only memory; UV-EPROM
somewhat reddish purple
purple Washington clam (Saxidomus purpurata); type of pomelo with red-purple flesh
alfalfa (Medicago sativa); alphalpha; lucerne
ultraviolet index; UV index
red perilla shōchū; shiso shōchū
paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata); paradise duck; pūtangitangi
common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)
Tsukushi rhododendron (Rhododendron metternichii var.)
Western hydrangea; Hydrangea macrophylla
orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)
purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
wood blewit (Lepista nuda)
wood blewit (Lepista nuda)
tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea
pink woodsorrel (Oxalis corymbosa)
pink woodsorrel (Oxalis corymbosa)
Philippine ground orchid (Spathoglottis plicata); Philippine orchid; large purple orchid
Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
purple rock cress (Aubrietia deltoidea)
Rhododendron latoucheae (species of rhododendron)
ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea); ruddy sheldrake
Cardiandra alternifolia (species of hydrangea)
Examples (27 in total)
I like this purple flower the best.
I wonder if purple really doesn't suit me.
They were purple and white flowers that suited the green of the forest well.