Purple in Chinese (Mandarin): 紫 (zǐ)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 紫

• 紫

  Purple. 糸 (silk) is at the bottom.

  12 strokes

Third tone. The color is 紫色 (zǐsè). The Forbidden City in Beijing is 紫禁城 (Zǐjìnchéng), the "Purple Forbidden City".

More examples with 紫

• 我喜欢紫色。

  我喜歡紫色。

  Wǒ xǐhuan zǐsè.

  I like purple.

• 茄子是紫色的。

  Qiézi shì zǐsè de.

  Eggplants are purple.

How to write 紫 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.