Chinese Character 紫 Meanings and components.

Form

紫

Meaning

紫 meaning[3] in English

Purple.

Violet.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 紫 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are this (此) , and fine silk (糸)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with YPVIF

How to write 紫

To write紫zi3purple you should write a combination of 此ci3this , 糸mi4fine silk arranged in a 吕 shape:

此 + 糸 = 紫

紫 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 紫 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 紫, looks as follow:

紫
Pinyin:zi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Purple . Violet
此
Pinyin:ci3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: This . These
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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