Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

菫: the violet

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 三 is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

すみれsumire · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 菫科すみれかViolaceae (violet family)
  • 菫色すみれいろviolet (colour)
  • 三色菫さんしきすみれpansy (Viola tricolor var. hortensis)

Also read キン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
More in the 艹 grass story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

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三

Also built on three (三)

菫 gives its sound to

The family reading is キン (kin). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read キン

25 kanji share this on'yomiAll 25

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
菫 the violet
vs僅 a wee bit · 亻
僅 adds 亻.
In ChineseSimplified 堇 · traditional, as in Japanese · jǐn

Japan keeps the traditional form 菫; mainland China simplifies it to 堇.

Simplified
堇 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
菫 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jǐn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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