紫 — Chinese character
紫
zǐ
purple, violet; amethyst; surname
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 此 糸
- Formation
- pictophonetic — silk; meaning component 糸; sound component 此
- Japanese
- 紫 as a kanji
Common words with 紫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紫色 | zǐ sè | purple; violet (color) |
| 紫外线 (紫外線) | zǐ wài xiàn | ultraviolet ray |
| 紫菜 | zǐ cài | edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori |
| 紫外 | zǐ wài | ultraviolet (ray) |
| 紫薇 | zǐ wēi | crape myrtle |
| 紫荆 (紫荊) | zǐ jīng | Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis) |
| 紫红色 (紫紅色) | zǐ hóng sè | red-purple; mauve |
| 紫罗兰 (紫羅蘭) | zǐ luó lán | (botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana); (botany) violet |
| 紫檀 | zǐ tán | red sandalwood |
| 紫藤 | zǐ téng | wisteria |
| 紫苏 (紫蘇) | zǐ sū | beefsteak plant; shiso |
| 紫砂壶 (紫砂壺) | zǐ shā hú | zisha teapot; Yixing teapot |
English words written with 紫
紫 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.