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紫

紫 U+7D2B, 紫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D2B
← 紪
[U+7D2A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 紬 →
[U+7D2C]

Translingual

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Han character

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紫 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 卜心女戈火 (YPVIF), four-corner 21903, composition ⿱此糸)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 919, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27337
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1350, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3392, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+7D2B

Chinese

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trad. 紫
simp. # 紫
alternative forms 紪

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 紫
Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Characters in the same phonetic series (此) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
些 *saːls, *sjaːl, *seːs
跐 *ʔsreːʔ, *ʔseʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ʔsreʔ
柴 *zreː
祡 *zreː
茈 *zreː, *ʔseʔ, *ze
眦 *zreːs
砦 *zraːds
寨 *zraːds, *slɯːɡ
啙 *ʔseː, *zeːʔ, *ʔseʔ
泚 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ
玼 *sʰeːʔ, *sʰeʔ, *ze
皉 *sʰeːʔ
鮆 *zeːʔ, *ʔse
眥 *zeːs, *zes
貲 *ʔse
髭 *ʔse
頾 *ʔse
訾 *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
鴜 *ʔse, *ze
鈭 *ʔse, *sʰe
姕 *ʔse, *sʰe, *ze
觜 *ʔse, *ʔse, *ʔseʔ
紫 *ʔseʔ
訿 *ʔseʔ
呰 *ʔseʔ
嘴 *ʔseʔ
雌 *sʰe
此 *sʰeʔ
佌 *sʰeʔ, *seʔ
庛 *sʰes
疵 *ze
骴 *ze, *zes
胔 *ze, *zes
飺 *ze
齜 *ʔsre

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔseʔ) : phonetic 此 (OC *sʰeʔ) + semantic 糸.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • chí - vernacular;
    • chú/chír - literary.
Rime
Character 紫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 將此切
Baxter tsjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjɛX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡siə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sieX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sǐeX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sie̯X/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 紫
Reading # 1/1
No. 1712
Phonetic
component 		此
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		紫
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔseʔ/

Definitions

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紫

  1. purple; violet; dark pink (combination of red and blue colours)
  2. a surname

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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紫

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
紫
むらさき
Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.

Possibly a compound of 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) +‎ 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”).[1]

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Noun

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紫(むらさき) or 紫(ムラサキ) • (murasaki) 

  1. the purple or red-root gromwell, Lithospermum erythrorhizon
    Synonym: 紫草 (murasakisō)
    • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 17, poem 867)
      紫(むらさき)のひともと故(ゆゑ)に武(む)蔵(さし)野(の)の草(くさ)はみながらあはれとぞ見(み)る
      murasaki no hitomoto yue ni Musashino no kusa wa minagara aware to zo miru
      Because of one shoot of murasaki grass, I feel fondness for all the plants and grasses on the plain of Musashino.[4]
  2. the root of the murasaki used as a natural dye
  3. Short for 紫色 (murasaki-iro): the color purple
  4. (colloquial, from its purplish color) Synonym of 醤油 (shōyu): soy sauce
  5. (colloquial) a woman
  6. (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 鰯 (iwashi): a sardine, especially the Japanese pilchard, Sardinops sagax
  7. (historical, from being allowed to wear purple clothing) Synonym of 検校 (kengyō): the highest ranked blind court official
Usage notes
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Coordinate terms
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Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text)
     白(しろ) (shiro)      灰(はい)色(いろ) (haiiro),
鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated) 		     黒(くろ) (kuro)
             赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku),
クリムゾン (kurimuzon),
紅(べに)色(いろ) (beniiro),
紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaiiro),
茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro) 		             オレンジ (orenji),
橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo),
褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku) 		             黄(き)色(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
             黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori)              緑(みどり) (midori),
青(あお) (ao) (dated) 		             若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori)
             シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro)              水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro)              青(あお) (ao)
             菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro),
インジゴ (injigo) 		             マゼンタ (mazenta),
赤紫(あかむらさき) (akamurasaki); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki) 		             ピンク (pinku),
桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro)
Derived terms
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Proper noun

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紫(むらさき) • (Murasaki) 

  1. (historical, colloquial, from 江戸紫 (Edo murasaki, “royal purple”), where the dye is traditionally made in) Edo, the de facto capital of the Tokugawa shogunate
  2. (colloquial) Short for 紫式部 (Murasaki Shikibu): Heian-period novelist and lady-in-waiting
  3. (colloquial, by extension) Synonym of 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji
  4. a female given name
  5. a surname

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
紫
し
Grade: S
on'yomi

/si/ → /ɕi/

From Middle Chinese 紫 (MC tsjeX).

Also used in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨si⟩.

Affix

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紫(し) • (shi) 

  1. purple

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
紫
ゆかり
Grade: S
nanori

From 縁 (yukari, “affinity, connection”).

Proper noun

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紫(ゆかり) • (Yukari) 

  1. a female given name

References

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  1. ^ “ムラサキ／紫／むらさき”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “むらさき 【紫】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ H. Mack Horton (2002) Song in an Age of Discord: 'The Journal of Sōchō' and Poetic Life in Late Medieval Japan, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 333

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

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Hanja

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紫 • (ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune–Reischauer cha, Yale ca)

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Okinawan

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Etymology

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Related to Japanese 紫 (murasaki, “purple”)

Noun

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紫(むらさち) (murasachi) 

  1. the color purple

Old Japanese

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Etymology

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Possibly a compound of 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) +‎ 咲き (saki1, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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紫 (murasaki1) (kana むらさき)

  1. the purple or red-root gromwell, Lithospermum erythrorhizon
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3500:
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      牟良佐伎波根乎可母乎布流比等乃兒能宇良我奈之家乎祢乎遠敝奈久尓
      murasaki1 pa ne wo ka mo wopuru pi1to2 no2 ko1 no2 ura-ganasike1 wo ne wo wope1naku ni
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. the color purple
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 12, poem 2976:
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      紫我下紐乃色尓不出戀可毛将痩相因乎無見
      murasaki1 no2 waga sitabi1mo no2 iro2 ni idezu ko1pi2 ka mo yasemu apu yo2si wo nami1
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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: 紫 (むらさき, murasaki)

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Vietnamese

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Chữ Hán

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紫: Hán Việt readings: tử, tía

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