紅

See also 红

Translingual

Han character

紅 (radical 120 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火一 (VFM), four-corner 2191₀)

1. red, vermillion
2. blush, flush

References

• KangXi: page 916, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27243
• Dae Jaweon: page 1343, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3363, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7D05

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Cantonese

Hanzi

紅 (simplified 红, Yale hung4)

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Japanese

Kanji

紅 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Noun

紅 (hiragana あか, romaji aka)

1. deep red, crimson

Readings

• On: く (ku), こう (kō)
• Kun: べに (beni), くれない (kurenai), あかい (akai)

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Korean

Hanja

紅 (hangeul 홍, 공, revised hong, gong, McCune-Reischauer hong, kong, Yale hong, kong)

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Mandarin

simplified	红
traditional	紅

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ xʊŋ˧˥ ]

Hanzi

紅 (simplified 红, pinyin gōng (gong1), hóng (hong2), jiàng (jiang4), Wade-Giles kung¹, hung², chiang⁴)

Adjective

紅 (traditional, Pinyin hóng, simplified 红)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) red

   紅茶

   红豆

   紅色

   紅棗

2. revolutionary
3. (slang) popular

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ kʊŋ˥˥ ]

Noun

紅 (traditional, Pinyin gōng, simplified 红)

1. (archaic) a substitute character for 功
2. (archaic) a substitute character for 工
   • 女紅 needlework, sewing, embroidery
3. geographical name of a location in the State of Lu (魯國) during the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋時期) in Chinese history, northeast of modern Taian, Shandong (山東泰安)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tɕiaŋ˥˩ ]

Proper noun

紅 (traditional, Pinyin jiàng, simplified 红)

1. (archaic) a substitute character for 絳

References

• 2000, Shao, Jingmin (ed.), HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
• 1998, Hanyu Da Zidian (in Mandarin), Taiwan: Jianhong Publishers, ISBN 9578134789:
• 1991, Tan, Qixiang/譚其驤 (chief ed.), The Historical Atlas of China, Volume I: The Primitive Society, Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, the Spring and Autumn, Warring States Period/中國歷史地圖集，第一冊：原史社會、夏、商、西周、春秋、戰國時期, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences/中國社會科學院 (sponsor) (in Chinese), Hong Kong, China: Joint Publishing (H.K.) Co., Ltd./三聯書店（香港）有限公司, ISBN 962-04-0909-4:

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Vietnamese

Han character

紅 (hồng, hường)