緋

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

绯

🇨🇳

scarlet

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fēi

ヒ

あけ、あか

비

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound.

Components

糹 silk+ 非 non- =

緋 scarlet

糹 Meaning component

mì

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

非 Phonetic component

fēi non-

not, negative, non-

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

绯

Regular

Modern

Chinese

绯 / 緋 [fēi]

dark red; purple silk

Japanese

赤、紅、朱、緋 (old) あか同音

noun

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

adj-no

complete; total; perfect; obvious

緋ひ同音

noun scarlet; crimson; cardinal red

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

緋あか

Aka unclassified name

緋あかい

Akai female given name

緋ひ

Hi unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (3)

绯胸鹦鹉 [fēixiōngyīngwǔ]

(bird species of China) red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)

JAPANESE WORDS (27)

red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

緋鯉 [ひごい] #87,013

red carp

緋縮緬 [ひぢりめん] #103,151

crimson crepe (fabric)

猩々緋 [しょうじょうひ] #107,953

Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata)

緋の袴 [ひのはかま] #141,280

red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

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