紫 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

紫 English definition

  • purple
  • violet
  • amethyst
  • Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)
  • Japanese: murasaki

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : meticulous; (of domestic animals or fowls) young;
  • : to slander; to blame; to revile;
  • : older sister; Taiwan pr. [jie3];
  • : Catalpa kaempferi; printing blocks;
  • : dregs; sediment;
  • : (a kind of stone);
  • : billion;
  • : bamboo mat; bed mat;
  • : seeds;
  • : hoe up soil around plants;
  • : dried meat with bone;
  • : Common Gromwell or European stoneseed (Lithospermum officinale);
  • 𠂔 : 㑒

Words containing 紫, by HSK level

  • HSK 5 vocabulary list
    • 紫 (zǐ): purple; violet; amethyst; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye); Japanese: murasaki