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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 basically means "color", so this literally means "violet color".
It's more common to add the "color character" in Asian languages than it is to say "color" after the name of the color in English. Therefore, this is a very 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.
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| 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 |
| 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. | ||||
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
紫 see styles |
zǐ / zi3 tzu murasaki / むらさき |
 More info & calligraphy: (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) purple; violet; (2) (kana only) Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); (3) (See 醤油) type of soy sauce; (female given name) Yukari Purple, dark red; violet |
紺 绀 see styles |
gàn / gan4 kan kon / こん |
 More info & calligraphy: (noun - becomes adjective with の) navy blue; deep blue; (surname) Konsaki A violet or purplish colour, a blend of blue and red; also called紺靑 and紺璢璃, the colour of the roots紺髮 or 紺頂 of the Buddha's hair. |
紫色 see styles |
zǐ sè / zi3 se4 tzu se murasakiiro(p);shishoku / murasakiro(p);shishoku / むらさきいろ(P);ししょく |
 More info & calligraphy: (noun - becomes adjective with の) purple; violet; (female given name) Shiiro |
楝 see styles |
liàn / lian4 lien sendan / せんだん ouchi / ochi / おうち |
Melia japonica (1) (kana only) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); (2) Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); (1) (archaism) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); (2) light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May |
樗 see styles |
chū / chu1 ch`u / chu buna / ぶな |
simaroubaceae (1) (archaism) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); (2) light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May; (surname) Buna |
檀 see styles |
tán / tan2 t`an / tan dan / まゆみ |
sandalwood; hardwood; purple-red (surname, female given name) Mayumi A hard wood, translit. da, dan. dāna, a giver; donation, charity, almsgiving, bestowing; sandalwood |
絳 绛 see styles |
jiàng / jiang4 chiang |
purple-red |
緅 see styles |
zōu / zou1 tsou |
purple silk |
緋 绯 see styles |
fēi / fei1 fei hi / ひ |
dark red; purple silk (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) scarlet; red; (2) blood; (out-dated kanji) (1) red; crimson; scarlet; (2) red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); (3) (colloquialism) Red (i.e. communist); (4) (abbreviation) red light; (5) (abbreviation) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; (adj-no,n-pref) (6) complete; total; perfect; obvious; (personal name) Hi |
ウベ see styles |
ube / ウベ | (See 大薯) water yam (Dioscorea alata) (fil: ube); winged yam; purple yam; (personal name) Uwe |
二藍 see styles |
futaai / futai / ふたあい | deep purple; reddish indigo |
五色 see styles |
wǔ sè / wu3 se4 wu se goshiki;goshoku / ごしき;ごしょく |
multi-colored; the rainbow; garish (1) five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; (can be adjective with の) (2) many kinds; varied; (3) (See 瓜) melon; gourd; (place-name, surname) Goshiki The five primary colors, also called 五正色 (or 五大色): 靑 blue, 黃 yellow, 赤 red, 白 white, 黑 black. The 五間色 or compound colors are 緋 crimson, 紅, scarlet, 紫 purple, 綠 green, 磂黃 brown. The two sets correspond to the cardinal points as follows: east, blue and green; west, white, and crimson; south, red and scarlet; north, black and purple; and center, yellow and brown. The five are permutated in various ways to represent various ideas; five colors |
京紫 see styles |
kyoumurasaki / kyomurasaki / きょうむらさき | (noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 江戸紫) somewhat reddish purple; (given name) Kyoushi |
内紫 see styles |
uchimurasaki / うちむらさき | (1) purple Washington clam (Saxidomus purpurata); (2) type of pomelo with red-purple flesh |
参薯 see styles |
shinsho;shinsho / しんしょ;シンショ | (kana only) (obscure) (See 大薯) water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam |
參薯 参薯 see styles |
shēn shǔ / shen1 shu3 shen shu |
Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) See: 参薯 |
大紫 see styles |
oomurasaki;oomurasaki / おおむらさき;オオムラサキ | (1) giant purple butterfly (species of nymphalid butterfly, Sasakia charonda); (2) Rhododendron oomurasaki (species of purple azalea); (surname) Oomurasaki |
大薯 see styles |
daijo;daijo / だいじょ;ダイジョ | (kana only) water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam |
巨峰 see styles |
jù fēng / ju4 feng1 chü feng kyohou / kyoho / きょほう |
Kyoho (grape type) (1) gigantic peak; (2) kyoho grape; large purple-black slip-skin grape variety, like Concord grapes; (given name) Kohou |
浅紫 see styles |
asamurasaki / あさむらさき | light purple |
深紫 see styles |
fukamurasaki / ふかむらさき | (noun - becomes adjective with の) deep purple |
溝萩 see styles |
mizohagi / みぞはぎ misohagi / みそはぎ | (kana only) Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife closely related to purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria) |
濃紫 see styles |
komurasaki / こむらさき | dark purple |
田薯 see styles |
densho;densho / でんしょ;デンショ | (kana only) (obscure) (See 大薯) water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam |
禊萩 see styles |
mizohagi / みぞはぎ misohagi / みそはぎ | (kana only) Lythrum anceps (species of loosestrife closely related to purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria) |
紅紫 see styles |
koushi;benimurasaki / koshi;benimurasaki / こうし;べにむらさき | crimson and purple; red-purple; magenta; (female given name) Koushi |
紅芋 see styles |
beniimo;beniimo / benimo;benimo / べにいも;ベニイモ | (1) (See 大薯) purple yam; water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; (2) (See 紫芋) purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such); (3) (kana only) (See 芋貝) Conus pauperculus (species of cone shell) |
紫微 see styles |
shibi / しび | (abbreviation) (See 紫微垣) Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor) |
紫斑 see styles |
zǐ bān / zi3 ban1 tzu pan shihan / しはん |
bruise purple spot |
紫晶 see styles |
zǐ jīng / zi3 jing1 tzu ching |
amethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide) |
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