赤
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See also 亦
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[edit] Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意): 大 (“person, big”) + 火 (“fire”) – the color of fire (a person by a fire).
[edit] Han character
赤 (radical 155 赤+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土中弓金 (GLNC), four-corner 40331)
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- KangXi: page 1213, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36993
- Dae Jaweon: page 1680, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3506, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8D64
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- red (of fire)
- red
- central and important
- naked
- bleed red blood, terrible like bleeding
- symbol of communism
[edit] Readings
- Go'on: しゃく (shaku)
- Kan'on: せき (seki)
- Kun: あか (aka), あかい (akai), あからむ (akaramu), あからめる (akarameru)
- Nazuke: あか (aka), か (ka), はに (hani), はにう (haniu), わに (wani)
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- Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
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- 赤い(あかい, akai) (Adjective)
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赤
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 적 (revised: jeok, McCune-Reischauer: chŏk, Yale: cek)
- Name (hangeul): 븕을()
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赤 (pinyin cè (ce4), chì (chi4), Wade-Giles ts'e4, ch'ih4)
[edit] Usage notes
In modern standard Chinese, "赤" is not common for ordinary use for the meaning of red. Another word is used instead: "紅/红". Here are the examples: 1. 我買了一個紅蘋果/我买了一个红苹果。I bought a red apple. 2. 紅色是用作危險的警告色/红色是用作危险的警告色。Red is used as a warning colour of danger.
"赤" is more commonly used in slogans, poem and coinage for the meaning of red. Here are the examples: 赤色政權/赤色政权(literal meaning: red regime)- communist regime 赤色的晚霞- red sunset clouds 赤字 - (literal meaning: red figures/numbers)- deficit
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赤 (xích)
