红

See also 紅

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

红 (radical 120 纟+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女一一 (VMM))

1. red, vermillion
2. blush, flush

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 944, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3364, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7EA2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

红 (traditional 紅, Yale hung4)

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Mandarin

simpl.		红
trad.		紅

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ xʊŋ˧˥ ]

Hanzi

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

Adjective

红 (simplified, Pinyin hóng, traditional 紅)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) red

   红茶

   红豆

   红色

   红枣

2. revolutionary
3. (slang) popular

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ kʊŋ˥˥ ]

Noun

红 (simplified, Pinyin gōng, traditional 紅)

1. (archaic) a substitute character for 功
2. (archaic) a substitute character for 工

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ tɕiaŋ˥˩ ]

Proper noun

红 (simplified, Pinyin jiàng, traditional 紅)

1. (archaic) a substitute character for 绛

References

• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, 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: