Purple is a Chinese character, pronounced as zǐ. This is a pictophonetic character. From the charm (mi), this sound. Of colors or things related to the emperor. The upper and lower structure, the radical is "Zi", the total number of strokes is 12.
1. Visible light has the shortest wavelength, and the red-blue color is ~ red. ~ copper. ~ outside line. ~ potion.
2. The colors advocated by Taoists and rulers of some dynasties are often preceded by "purple" in their palaces, costumes and utensils: ~ clothes. ~ Book (A. Tao Jing; B. imperial edict). ~ imperial edict. ~ Taiwan Province (where the immortal emperor lived). ~ Qi (auspicious qi is a harbinger of the appearance of emperors, sages or treasures). ~ ribbon. ~ wall (palace). ~ que。 ~ brother guang. ~ the forbidden city. ~ robes and gold belts.
3. Last name.
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