紫色

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Chinese

purple; violet; imperial
purple; violet; imperial; palace
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
trad. (紫色)
simp. #(紫色)

Pronunciation


Noun

紫色

  1. purple; violet

Synonyms

See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色 / 颜色 (layout · text)
     白色      灰色      黑色
             紅色 / 红色, 赤色; 緋紅色 / 绯红色, 豔紅色 / 艳红色, 大紅 / 大红              橙色; 棕色, 褐色              黃色 / 黄色; 奶油色
             青檸色 / 青柠色              綠色 / 绿色             
             青色; 深青色              湛藍色 / 湛蓝色, 蔚藍色 / 蔚蓝色, 天藍色 / 天蓝色              藍色 / 蓝色
             紫羅蘭色 / 紫罗兰色; 靛色              洋紅色 / 洋红色; 紫色              粉紅色 / 粉红色

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
むらさき
Grade: S
いろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From (murasaki, Lithospermum erythrorhizon) +‎ (iro, color).

Pronunciation

Noun

(むらさき)(いろ) (murasaki-iro

  1. a purple color, as that of the murasaki root dye

Adjective

(むらさき)(いろ) (murasaki-iro-na (adnominal (むらさき)(いろ) (murasaki-iro na), adverbial (むらさき)(いろ) (murasaki-iro ni))

  1. purplish
Inflection

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
しょく
Grade: 2
goon

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(しょく) (shishoku

  1. a purple color, as that of the murasaki root dye
Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN