赤
See also: 亦
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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
赤 (Kangxi radical 155, 赤+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土中弓金 (GLNC), four-corner 40331, composition ⿱土⿻小丿(GTJKV) or ⿱土⿻小丨(H))
- Kangxi radical #155, ⾚.
Derived charactersEdit
- Appendix:Chinese radical/赤
- 𪜻, 哧, 𡋽, 𫰭, 㤸, 捇, 浾, 𨹮, 𫥠, 𫐨, 𣇐, 𪲒, 𭮒, 焃, 𤙮, 𭹍, 𦛘, 𭕢, 𥙼, 硳, 𦀗, 𧋒, 𧨃, 䞰, 𨁯, 𨲂, 䤲, 䬉, 𩷧
- 郝, 䚂, 頳, 𪁌, 𡘥, 𭴩, 𡨁, 䓇, 㫱, 𩭑, 𪠇, 𬏭, 𬦃, 䦝 (𬮨)
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 1213, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36993
- Dae Jaweon: page 1680, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3506, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8D64
ChineseEdit
Glyph originEdit
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Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | ||
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Ancient script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Ideogrammic compound (會意): 大 (“person, big”) + 火 (“fire”) – the color of fire (a person by a fire).
Etymology 1Edit
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alternative forms | 灻 𤆍 烾 ancient |
Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krak (“blood; red”), whence Tibetan ཁྲག (khrag, “blood”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007). Related to 赫 (OC *qʰraːɡ, “bright red”) and possibly 奭 (OC *hjaɡ, “majestic; red”).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
赤
- (literary or poetic) red
- (Teochew) brown
- loyal; sincere
- 赤忱 ― chìchén ― absolutely sincere
- empty; bare
- to be naked
- (politics) revolutionary; communist; red
- 赤化 ― chìhuà ― to communize; to turn Red
- pure gold
SynonymsEdit
- (red):
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Derived terms from 赤
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DescendantsEdit
- → Proto-Mien: *sekᴰ (“red”)
Etymology 2Edit
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alternative forms | 𣤩 |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 刺?”)
PronunciationEdit
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赤
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JapaneseEdit
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KanjiEdit
赤
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: しゃく (shaku, Jōyō †)
- Kan-on: せき (seki, Jōyō)
- Kun: あか (aka, 赤, Jōyō); あかい (akai, 赤い, Jōyō); あからむ (akaramu, 赤らむ, Jōyō); あからめる (akarameru, 赤らめる, Jōyō)
- Nanori: あ (a); あこ (ako); あま (ama)
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
- 赤子 (akago)
- 赤字 (akaji)
- 赤ちゃん (akachan)
- 赤土 (akatsuchi), 赭土 (akatsuchi)
- 赤面 (akatsura), 赭面 (akatsura)
- 赤の他人 (aka no tanin)
- 赤恥 (akahaji)
- 赤羽太 (akahata)
- 赤裸 (akahadaka)
- 赤まんま (akamanma)
- 赤身 (akami)
- 赤銅 (shakudō)
- 赤熱 (shakunetsu)
- 赤烏 (sekiu)
- 赤外 (sekigai): infrared
- 赤子 (sekishi)
- 赤日 (sekijitsu)
- 赤手 (sekishu)
- 赤十字 (Sekijūji): the Red Cross
- 赤心 (sekishin)
- 赤誠 (sekisei): sincerity
- 赤沈 (sekichin)
- 赤鉄鉱 (sekitekkō)
- 赤土 (sekido)
- 赤道 (sekidō)
- 赤熱 (sekinetsu)
- 赤飯 (sekihan)
- 赤貧 (sekihin)
- 赤面 (sekimen)
- 赤裸 (sekira)
- 赤痢 (sekiri)
- 赤燐 (sekirin)
- 赤化 (sekka), 赤化 (sekika)
- 赤禍 (sekka), 赤禍 (sekika)
- 赤血球 (sekkekkyū)
- 赤信号 (akashingō): red light
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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赤 |
あか Grade: 1 |
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Derived termsEdit
- 赤い (akai): red (adjective)
- 赤子 (akago)
- 赤字 (akaji)
- 赤ちゃん (akachan)
- 赤土 (akatsuchi), 赭土 (akatsuchi)
- 赤面 (akatsura), 赭面 (akatsura)
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See alsoEdit
白 (shiro) | 灰色 (haīro), 鼠色 (nezumīro) (dated) |
黒 (kuro) |
赤 (aka); 深紅 (shinku), クリムゾン (kurimuzon), 紅色 (benīro), 紅色 (kurenaīro), 茜色 (akaneiro) |
オレンジ (orenji), 橙色 (daidaīro); 茶色 (chairo), 褐色 (kasshoku) |
黄色 (kīro); クリーム色 (kurīmuiro) |
黄緑 (kimidori) | 緑 (midori), 青 (ao) (dated) |
若緑 (wakamidori) |
シアン (shian); 鴨の羽色 (kamo no hane iro) | 水色 (mizuiro) | 青 (ao) |
菫色 (sumireiro); 藍色 (aīro), インジゴ (injigo) |
マゼンタ (mazenta); 紫 (murasaki) | ピンク (pinku), 桃色 (momoiro) |
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- red
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