紫草 zǐ cǎo

flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye
  2. 2. red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
  3. 3. arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)

Characters

Character Meaning
紫 zǐ HSK 5
purple; violet
草 cǎo HSK 3
grass; careless; rough