紫 (zǐ) — Chinese Character

紫

zǐ

purple; violet

Radical: 糸 HSK 5 a pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

紫 decomposes into the following components:

此糸

Semantic component: 糸; phonetic component: 此.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 紫.

甲紫

jiǎ zǐ

gentian violet

紫云

zǐ yún

Ziyun Hmong and Buyei autonomous county in Anshun 安順|安顺[An1 shun4], Guizhou

紫外

zǐ wài

ultraviolet (ray)

紫斑

zǐ bān

bruise

紫晶

zǐ jīng

amethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide)

紫杉

zǐ shān

Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)

紫檀

zǐ tán

red sandalwood

紫气

zǐ qì

purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)

紫砂

zǐ shā

紫竹

zǐ zhú

black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)

紫米

zǐ mǐ

紫胀

zǐ zhàng

Characters that share the radical 糸.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.