Chinese symbol for “violet”
紫罗兰色
zǐ luó lán sè
Traditional: 紫羅蘭色
violet (color)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for violet is 紫罗兰色 (zǐ luó lán sè), defined as: violet (color).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “violet”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堇菜 | jǐn cài | violet (botany) |
| 堇色 | jǐn sè | violet (color) |
| 紫 | zǐ | purple; violet |
| 紫色 | zǐ sè | purple; violet (color) |
| 堇 | jǐn | clay; old variant of 仅 (jǐn) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 紫罗兰色.
| 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) |
| 古罗马 (古羅馬) | gǔ Luó mǎ | ancient Rome |
| 普罗 (普羅) | pǔ luó | proletariat (loanword); abbr. for 普罗列塔利亚 (pǔ luó liè tǎ lì yà) |
| 法兰 (法蘭) | fǎ lán | flange (loanword) |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “violet”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.