purple; violet

HSK 5 #1646

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1646th character
Radical ⽷ (120.5)
Strokes 12
Index # 2604

Definitions

紫 zǐ
  1. 1. purple
  2. 2. violet

Stroke order

紫 stroke order diagram
紫 stroke order animation

Words containing 紫

Word Meaning
purple cabbage; red cabbage
purple cabbage; red cabbage
amethyst
HMS Amethyst, British navy warship
HMS Amethyst, British navy warship
black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
red-purple; mauve; claret
violet (botany)
violet (color)
violet (color)
(bird species of China) common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
(bird species of China) common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
chestnut-cheeked starling
chestnut-cheeked starling bird
Von Schrenck’s bittern bird
Von Schrenck’s bittern, a small heron
to get red and swollen
to get red and swollen
(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
your appearance (honorific)
Chinese violet (Viola mandsurica)
flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye
Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)