菫

12 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

the violet

Kun'yomi
  • すみれ
    		violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
On'yomi
  • キン

Main Radical

艸(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

すみれ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

the violet
すみれ　キン (Kentei 1, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
life (生) variant

Contained In

僅 勤

References

Unicode hex code 83EB
JIS X 0208 1-72-33
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3972
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5086
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2877
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1485
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2001
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2099
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2239
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1453
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 31207X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2219
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k8.1
Four corner code 4410.4