purple; violet

(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana); (botany) violet

ultraviolet ray

the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1]

see 紫云苗族布依族自治縣|紫云苗族布依族自治县[Zi3 yun2 Miao2 zu2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

ultraviolet (ray)

bruise

amethyst (purple crystalline silicon dioxide)

Japanese yew (taxus cuspidata)

red sandalwood

purple cloud (auspicious portent in astrology)

a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜興|宜兴[Yi2 xing1], used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring

black bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra)

black rice; purple rice

to get red and swollen

beefsteak plant; shiso; Perilla frutescens

Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)

red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye; arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)

(botany) aster (Aster tataricus)

edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori

crape myrtle

purple-fleshed sweet potato

wisteria

purple qipao gown, the sign of an official position

sable (Martes zibellina)

see 紫金縣|紫金县[Zi3 jin1 Xian4]

copper (pure copper, as opposed to alloy)

see 紫陽縣|紫阳县[Zi3 yang2 Xian4]

lilac

see 紫云苗族布依族自治縣|紫云苗族布依族自治县[Zi3 yun2 Miao2 zu2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)

(bird species of China) blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)

Zipingpu Dam, Sichuan

ultraviolet light

(bird species of China) black paradise flycatcher; Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)

Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"

palace of Jade emperor (in Taoism)

Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy

(bird species of China) pale-capped pigeon (Columba punicea)

amethyst

(bird species of China) grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)

(TCM) dried human placenta (used as medicine)

red cabbage; purple cabbage

amethyst

zisha teapot; Yixing teapot

red-purple; mauve; prune (color); claret

genus Perilla (includes basil and mints)

Boraginaceae (family of flowers and bushes)

Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed)