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紅
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
红
🇨🇳

red

HSK 10 N2
Abstract →Colors
hóng
コウ、ク
べに、くれない、あか.い
홍, 공
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.
Components
糹 silk+ 工 work =
紅 red
糹 Meaning component
mì
silk
糹 is a component form of 糸.
工 Phonetic component
gōng work
labor, work
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Notes
Similar Characters
总 altogether (simp)絕 discontinue (trad)絲 silk (trad)糾 entangle (trad/jp)紀 epoch (trad/jp)紂 name of an emperor (trad)約 make an appointment (trad/jp)紆 bend (trad)紈 white (trad)紉 thread (trad)紋 design (trad/jp)納 let in (trad/jp)紐 new (trad)紓 relieve (trad)純 unadulterated (trad/jp)紕 spoiled (trad)紗 yarn (trad)紙 paper (trad/jp)級 rank (trad/jp)紛 disorderly (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
红
Regular
Modern
Chinese
红 / 紅 [Hóng]
surname Hong
红 / 紅 [hóng]
red; popular; revolutionary; bonus
Japanese
紅 くれない 、 べに 、 こう 同音

noun

  1. deep red; crimson
  2. rouge; lipstick
紅 、 紅絹 もみ 同音
noun red silk lining
赤 、 紅 、 朱 、 緋 (old) あか 同音

noun

  1. red; crimson; scarlet
  2. red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
  3. colloquial Red (i.e. communist) (often written as アカ)
  4. abbrev. red light (traffic)
  5. abbrev. red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
  6. abbrev. copper
  7. hanafuda abbrev. red 5-point card

adj-no

  1. complete; total; perfect; obvious
Korean
홍 [紅]
Noun
red; red color; A dark-red color like that of a ripe red pepper or blood.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
信号機が赤の間は道路を渡るな。
Don't cross the road when the signal is red.
サダムが脅威でないなどと言うのは、赤がかった反戦運動の人達くらい。
It's only the anti-war pinkos who say things like Saddam isn't a threat.
Japanese Names
紅 あか
Aka female given name
紅 あかし
Akashi surname
紅 あかしお
Akashio unclassified name
紅 あかじお
Akajio unclassified name
紅 あかね
Akane female given name
紅 あかみね
Akamine unclassified name
紅 あかり
Akari female given name
紅 かのう
Kanou female given name
紅 くう
Kuu female given name
紅 くれい
Kurei female given name
紅 くれお
Kureo female given name
紅 くれな
Kurena female given name
紅 くれない
Kurenai female given namesurname
紅 くれん
Kuren female given name
紅 こう
Kō female given name
紅 べに
Beni female given namesurname
紅 べにお
Benio female given name
紅 まどか
Madoka female given name
紅 もみ
Momi female given name
紅 れな
Rena female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
红色 [hóng​sè] #1,777
red (color)
红包 [hóng​bāo] #28,872
money wrapped in red as a gift
粉红 [fěn​hóng] #6,340
pink
红灯 [hóng​dēng] #6,730
red light
红军 [Hóng​jūn] #26,247
Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA
口红 [kǒu​hóng] #6,605
lipstick
分红 [fēn​hóng] #17,765
dividend
粉红色 [fěn​hóng​sè] #8,176
pink
西红柿 [xī​hóng​shì] #11,972
tomato
脸红 [liǎn​hóng] #9,861
to blush
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 赤い [あかい] #634
red
⭐ 赤 [あか] #1,692
red
⭐ 紅茶 [こうちゃ] #3,313
black tea
⭐ 紅潮 [こうちょう] #10,075
flush
深紅 [しんく] #10,618
deep crimson
⭐ 紅葉 [こうよう] #12,536
leaves turning red (in autumn)
紅蓮 [ぐれん] #15,845
bright red
紅色 [べにいろ] #18,005
red
⭐ 口紅 [くちべに] #18,456
lipstick
紅玉 [こうぎょく] #27,949
ruby
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KOREAN WORDS (8)
분홍 #14,177
pink
분홍색 #33,833
pink
백일홍
crape myrtle; garden zinnia
선홍색
scarlet
주홍
scarlet
홍색
red; red color
홍조
sea glowing
홍학
flamingo