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紫

Unicode: U+7D2B

Pinyin: zǐ

Definition

* 在可见光中波长最短，红与蓝合成的颜色。 ～红。～铜。～外线。～药水。 * 道教和某些朝代的统治者所崇尚的色彩，因而常在其宫室、服饰、用物前冠之以"紫" ～衣。～书（①道经；②皇帝诏书）。～诰（帝王诏令）。～台（神仙、帝王所居）。～气（祥瑞之气，多附会为帝王、圣贤或宝物出现的先兆）。～绶。～垣（皇宫）。～阙。～光阁。～禁城。～袍金带。 * 姓

purple, violet; amethyst; surname

Structure

紫 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC