The Name Violet in Japanese/Chinese on a Custom-Made Wall Scroll.
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Violet
English name
This is the Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the name Violet.
Violet
Flower
紫羅蘭 is the Chinese title for the flower we refer to as the violet in English.
Some may call it the gillyflower.
Violet
菫 is the Japanese Kanji for violet.
This can refer to any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica.
This can also be the Japanese name Sumire. 菫 is also commonly written in Katakana as スミレ.
菫 is a variant of the Chinese character 堇 (jin3) which has the same meaning.
Violet
ヴァイオレット is the name Violet in Japanese.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Purple / Violet
紫 is the single-character Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean title for the color violet/purple.
The difference between violet and purple is not really distinguished in Asian languages. However, sometimes a character for “light” is added to the front of this one, which might be closer to the meaning of violet.
Purple / Violet
(2 character version)
紫色 is the two-character Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean title for the color violet/purple.
The second character means “color,” so this literally means “violet color.”
It's more common to add the “color character” in Asian languages than to say “color” after the name of the color in English. Therefore, this is a natural way to express “violet” in Asian languages.
Violet Color
紺 is a slightly-rare Chinese and old Korean title for the color violet or purple.
In Japanese, this refers to a very deep blue color.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Violet | 維奧莉特 维奥莉特 | wéi ào lì tè wei2 ao4 li4 te4 wei ao li te weiaolite | wei ao li t`e weiaolite wei ao li te |
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| Violet | 紫羅蘭 紫罗兰 | zǐ luó lán zi3 luo2 lan2 zi luo lan ziluolan | tzu lo lan tzulolan |
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| Violet | 菫 | sumire | jǐn / jin3 / jin | chin |
| Violet | ヴァイオレット | vaioretto | ||
| Purple Violet | 紫 | murasaki | zǐ / zi3 / zi | tzu |
| Purple Violet | 紫色 | murasakiiro murasakiro | zǐ sè / zi3 se4 / zi se / zise | tzu se / tzuse |
| Violet Color | 紺 绀 | kon | gàn / gan4 / gan | kan |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
