红
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red; popular; revolutionary; bonus
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #99 U+7EA2
How 红 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “silk”) + 工 (phonetic, gōng)
How to remember it
red · Heisig RSH #1089
thread + I-beam
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 工
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 工 (gōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工 sound component | gōng | labor, work; laborer, worker |
| 空 | kōng | hollow, empty, deserted, bare |
| 江 | jiāng | large river; the Yangtze; surname |
| 经 | jīng | the classics; to experience, to undergo |
| 轻 | qīng | light, gentle; simple, easy |
| 径 | jìng | path, diameter; straight, direct |
| 攻 | gōng | to accuse; to assault; to criticize |
| 项 | xiàng | neck, nape; item; a term in an equation |
| 氢 | qīng | ammonia |
| 贡 | gòng | to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts |
| 虹 | hóng | rainbow |
| 缸 | gāng | earthen jug, crock, cistern |
| 肛 | gāng | anus |
| 巩 | gǒng | to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong |
| 汞 | gǒng | mercury (element) |
| 邛 | qióng | mound; in distress |
| 豇 | jiāng | kidney bean; black-eyed pea |
| 仝 | tóng | together, same; surname |
| 巠 | jīng | underground river; flowing water |
Words containing 红
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 红山区 | Hóng shān Qū | Hongshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市[Chi4 feng1 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 中国红 | Zhōng guó hóng | vermilion |
| 红安县 | Hóng ān Xiàn | Hong'an, a county in Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 大红 | dà hóng | crimson |
| 红人 | hóng rén | a favorite of sb in power; a celebrity; American Indian |
| 红山 | Hóng shān | see 紅山區|红山区[Hong2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 人口红利 | rén kǒu hóng lì | (economics) demographic dividend |
| 红学 | Hóng xué | "Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions |
| 红心 | hóng xīn | heart ♥ (in card games); red, heart-shaped symbol; bullseye |
| 红海 | Hóng Hǎi | Red Sea |
| 红海 | hóng hǎi | (neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海[lan2 hai3]) |
| 红机 | hóng jī | red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite |
| 金红 | jīn hóng | reddish-gold (color) |
| 红花 | hóng huā | safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) |
| 花红 | huā hóng | Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica); gift for a wedding or other happy occasion; b… |
| 红安 | Hóng ān | see 紅安縣|红安县[Hong2 an1 Xian4] |
| 分红 | fēn hóng | dividend; to award a bonus |
| 发红 | fā hóng | to turn red; to blush; to flush |
| 金红石 | jīn hóng shí | (mineralogy) rutile |
| 红河县 | Hóng hé Xiàn | Honghe, a county in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 h… |