紫zǐ
purple. 12 strokes, radical 糸, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin zǐStrokes 12Radical 糸Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 紫
Strokes 1–6 write 此, then strokes 7–12 write 糸.
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What 紫 is made of
此 (cǐ, this) and 糸 (mì, silk).
糸 carries the meaning — silk — and 此 carries the sound.
Words that use 紫
| 紫 | purple 指红与蓝混合而成的颜色 高原山坡上美丽的紫罗兰盛开。Beautiful purple violets bloomed on the highland slope. Lesson 535, 大爱无疆 · 崇德守礼与天下为公 · The Grand Harmony & Moral Integrity |
Characters that share the sound part 此
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 糸
All 44 of them, and what the radical means, on the 纟 radical page.