紫
purple; violet
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #847 U+7D2B
How 紫 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
糸 (semantic, “silk”) + 此 (phonetic, cǐ)
How to remember it
purple · Heisig RSH #2420
此 this (literary) + floss
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 此
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 此 (cǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 此 sound component | cǐ | this, these; in this case, then |
| 柴 | chái | firewood, faggots, fuel; surname |
| 雌 | cí | female; feminine; gentle, soft |
| 些 | xiē | little, few; rather, somewhat |
| 眦 | zì | eye socket; the corner of the eye |
| 赀 | zī | wealth, property; to estimate, to count |
| 呲 | cī | to grimace; to bare one's teeth |
| 疵 | cī | flaw, fault, defect; disease |
| 觜 | zī | beak |
| 訾 | zī | to criticize, to bad-mouth; defect; betrayal |
| 龇 | zī | to bare one's teeth; crooked teeth |
| 茈 | zǐ | a plant yielding a red dye |
| 髭 | zī | mustache |
Words containing 紫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紫金山天文台 | Zǐ jīn shān Tiān wén tái | Purple Mountain Observatory |
| 大红大紫 | dà hóng dà zǐ | to hit the big time |
| 三色紫罗兰 | sān sè zǐ luó lán | pansy |
| 紫气东来 | zǐ qì dōng lái | (idiom) auspicious omen heralding good fortune |
| 紫金县 | Zǐ jīn Xiàn | Zijin, a county in Heyuan City 河源市[He2 yuan2 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 紫金山 | Zǐ jīn Shān | Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum |
| 紫罗兰色 | zǐ luó lán sè | violet (color) |
| 紫阳县 | Zǐ yáng Xiàn | Ziyang, a county in Ankang City 安康市[An1 kang1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 紫外光 | zǐ wài guāng | ultraviolet light |
| 紫外射线 | zǐ wài shè xiàn | ultraviolet ray |
| 紫河车 | zǐ hé chē | (TCM) dried human placenta (used as medicine) |
| 紫花地丁 | zǐ huā dì dīng | Chinese violet (Viola mandsurica) |
| 紫外线 | zǐ wài xiàn | ultraviolet ray |
| 紫红色 | zǐ hóng sè | red-purple; mauve; prune (color); claret |
| 紫水鸡 | zǐ shuǐ jī | (bird species of China) grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) |
| 紫罗兰 | zǐ luó lán | (botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana); (botany) violet |
| 紫云苗族布依族自治县 | Zǐ yún Miáo zú Bù yī zú Zì zhì xiàn | Ziyun Miao and Buyei Autonomous County, in Anshun City 安順市|安顺市[An1 shun4 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 紫云县 | Zǐ yún Xiàn | see 紫云苗族布依族自治縣|紫云苗族布依族自治县[Zi3 yun2 Miao2 zu2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 紫金牛 | zǐ jīn niú | Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica) |
| 紫草科 | zǐ cǎo kē | Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes) |