紫

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zǐ
Cantonese: zi2
JapaneseKun: MURASAKI
JapaneseOn: SHI
Korean: CA
Vietnamese: tía

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: purple, violet; amethyst; surname

CE-Dict: purple/violet/amethyst/Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye)/Japanese: murasaki

Soothill: Purple, dark red.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.purple or violet

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: purple; violet
【醫】 Purple; violet

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: purple; violet

湘雅醫學專業詞典: violet

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《糸部》紫帛青赤色。从糸此聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】紫
【廣韻】將此切【集韻】蔣氏切，𠀤音呰。【說文】帛靑赤色。【釋名】紫，疵也，非正色。五色之疵瑕，以惑人者也。【論語】紅紫不以爲褻服。【郉昺疏】紫，北方閒色。【又】惡紫之奪朱也。【何晏註】紫，閒色之好者。　又水名。【史記·司馬相如傳】紫淵在其北。【註】文穎曰：西河穀羅縣有紫澤，其水紫色。　又姓。【廣韻】出《何氏姓苑》。　又同孳。【荀子·非十二子篇】紫然洞然。【註】紫，與孳同。柔弱之貌。
考證：〔【釋名】紫，疵也，非正色。正色之疵瑕，以惑人者也。〕　謹照原文正色之疵改五色之疵。〔又同絮。【荀子·非十二子篇】紫然洞然。【註】紫，與絮同。〕　謹照原文兩絮字𠀤改孳。

Japanese Places Murasaki (loc)

CF-Dict: pourpre/violet

Han-De-Dict: violett (u.E.)/Zi (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)

Finnish: purppura, violetti, ametisti