Memory phrase for the character: 紫

紫



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Meaning

purple, violet, amethyst

Pronunciation

 zǐ

Explanation

 Top: this 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person.), below: thread 糸

Mnemonic
 
Stop at the sitting person with the threads in purple.

Radicals

此 this
糸 threadIt has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.
匕 spoon, ladleThis character means: Spoon. - In the explanations it is typically used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

紫外线 zǐ wài xiàn  ultraviolet ray
紫铜 zǐ tóng  copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)
紫铜 zǐ tóng  
茜紫 qiàn zǐ  sage (herb)
姹紫嫣红 chà zǐ yān hóng  fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
姹紫嫣红 chà zǐ yān hóng  

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