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Old Japanese roots
Language contexts for this entry: Japanese, Chinese
[mɯ̟ɾa̠sa̠kʲi] · Japanese
01 / Meaning & origin
紫 is a feminine given name documented in Japanese and Chinese. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Japanese.
2 source accounts
From Old Japanese. Possibly a compound of 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) + 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”).
Meaning: “affinity, connection”
From 縁 (yukari, “affinity, connection”).
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04 / Through time
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
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