紫 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Purple / Violet

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zǐ

murasaki

자

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

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zǐ sè

murasakiiro

자색

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.

Wisteria / Wistaria

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zǐ téng

紫藤 is the Chinese name for the climbing woody vines of the genus Wisteria in the pea family featuring purplish or white flowers.

Violet

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zǐ luó lán

紫羅蘭 is the Chinese title for the flower we refer to as the violet in English.

Some may call it the gillyflower.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
紫 see styles	zǐ zi3 tzu yukari ゆかり	More info & calligraphy: Purple / Violet purple; violet (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) purple; violet; (2) (kana only) purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; red-root gromwell; (3) (See 醤油) soy sauce; (female given name) Yukari Purple, dark red.
紫色 see styles	zǐ sè zi3 se4 tzu se shiiro / shiro しいろ	More info & calligraphy: Purple / Violet purple; violet (color) (noun - becomes adjective with の) purple; violet; (female given name) Shiiro
紫藤 see styles	zǐ téng zi3 teng2 tzu t`eng tzu teng murafuji むらふじ	More info & calligraphy: Wisteria / Wistaria wisteria (surname) Murafuji
紫羅蘭紫罗兰 see styles	zǐ luó lán zi3 luo2 lan2 tzu lo lan	More info & calligraphy: Violet (botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana); (botany) violet
三紫 see styles	sanshi さんし	三紫 Custom Scroll (given name) Sanshi
世紫 see styles	yoshino よしの	世紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Yoshino
丘紫 see styles	okamurasaki おかむらさき	丘紫 Custom Scroll (surname) Okamurasaki
久紫 see styles	hisashi ひさし	久紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Hisashi
九紫 see styles	kyuushi / kyushi きゅうし	九紫 Custom Scroll (See 九星) ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south); (given name) Kyūshi
京紫 see styles	kyoushi / kyoshi きょうし	京紫 Custom Scroll (noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 江戸紫) somewhat reddish purple; (given name) Kyōshi
仁紫 see styles	hitoshi ひとし	仁紫 Custom Scroll (personal name) Hitoshi
典紫 see styles	tenshi てんし	典紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Tenshi
内紫 see styles	uchimurasaki うちむらさき	内紫 Custom Scroll (1) purple Washington clam (Saxidomus purpurata); (2) type of pomelo with red-purple flesh
千紫 see styles	senshi せんし	千紫 Custom Scroll (surname) Senshi
史紫 see styles	satoshi さとし	史紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Satoshi
吐紫 see styles	toshi とし	吐紫 Custom Scroll (given name) Toshi
夏紫 see styles	natsushi なつし	夏紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Natsushi
夢紫 see styles	yumeshi ゆめし	夢紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Yumeshi
大紫 see styles	oomurasaki おおむらさき	大紫 Custom Scroll (1) giant purple butterfly (species of nymphalid butterfly, Sasakia charonda); (2) Rhododendron oomurasaki (species of purple azalea); (surname) Oomurasaki
太紫 see styles	futoshi ふとし	太紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Futoshi
妃紫 see styles	haiji はいじ	妃紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Haiji
小紫 see styles	komurasaki こむらさき	小紫 Custom Scroll (surname) Komurasaki
崩紫 see styles	nagishiba なぎしば	崩紫 Custom Scroll (surname) Nagishiba
愛紫 see styles	aishi あいし	愛紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Aishi
敬紫 see styles	keishi / keshi けいし	敬紫 Custom Scroll (given name) Keishi
明紫 see styles	akashi あかし	明紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Akashi
春紫 see styles	tsukushi つくし	春紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Tsukushi
晶紫 see styles	mami まみ	晶紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Mami
朱紫 see styles	zhū zǐ zhu1 zi3 chu tzu shushi	朱紫 Custom Scroll vermilion and purple
杏紫 see styles	anji あんじ	杏紫 Custom Scroll (female given name) Anji

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Purple Violet	紫	murasaki	zǐ / zi3 / zi	tzu
Purple Violet	紫色	murasakiiro murasakiro	zǐ sè / zi3 se4 / zi se / zise	tzu se / tzuse
Wisteria Wistaria	紫藤		zǐ téng / zi3 teng2 / zi teng / ziteng	tzu t`eng / tzuteng / tzu teng
Violet	紫羅蘭紫罗兰		zǐ luó lán zi3 luo2 lan2 zi luo lan ziluolan	tzu lo lan tzulolan
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.