紫
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
zǐ zi3
- purple
- violet
Example sentences
- My beautiful ballpoint pen is purple.
- Ultraviolet rays can cause skin cancer.
Words with 紫
- 紫气 zǐqì purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)
- 紫外 zǐwài ultraviolet (ray)
- 紫色 zǐsè purple
- 紫草 zǐcǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon)
- 紫米 zǐmǐ black rice; purple rice
- 青紫 qīngzǐ purple
- 紫菜 zǐcài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
- 甲紫 jiǎzǐ gentian violet
- 紫斑 zǐbān bruise
- 紫苏 zǐsū beefsteak plant
- 紫竹 zǐzhú black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)
- 紫铜 zǐtóng copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)