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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
赤 (Kangxi radical 155, 赤 +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土中弓金 (GLNC ), four-corner 40331 , composition ⿱土 ⿻小 丿 (G T J K V ) or ⿱土 ⿻小 丨 (H ))
Kangxi radical #155, ⾚ .
Derived characters
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 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
浾
*sqraː
嚇
*qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ
赦
*hljaɡs
郝
*qʰljaɡ, *kʰljaɡ, *hljaɡ
赫
*qʰraːɡ
爀
*qʰraːɡ
赤
*kʰljaɡ
烾
*kʰljaɡ
螫
*qʰjaːɡ
赥
*qʰleːɡ
捇
*qʰʷreːɡ
焃
*qʰʷreːɡ
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ): 大 ( “ person, big ” ) + 火 ( “ fire ” ) – the color of fire (a person by a fire).
Etymology 1
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”).
Pronunciation
Note : cik3 - literary.
Note :
ciit6 - literary;
cah6 - vernacular.
Hakka
Northern Min
Eastern Min
Note :
chiáh - vernacular (“red and bright” (of gold));
chék - literary.
Southern Min
Note :
chhiah - vernacular (“red; to be naked; lean; to brown; fierce and unreasonable; poor”);
chhek/chhiak - literary.
Wu
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
赤
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
chì
Middle Chinese
‹ tsyhek ›
Old Chinese
/*(r)Ak/
English
red
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
赤
Reading #
1/1
No.
1477
Phonetic component
赤
Rime group
鐸
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
尺
Old Chinese
/*kʰljaɡ/
Definitions
赤
( literary or poetic ) red
赤 字 ― chì zì ― deficit (literally: red figures/numbers )
赤 色的 晚霞 ― chì sè de wǎnxiá ― red sunset clouds
( Teochew ) brown
loyal ; sincere
赤 忱 ― chì chén ― absolutely sincere
empty ; bare
赤 貧/ 赤 贫 ― chì pín ― utterly destitute
赤 手空拳 ― chì shǒukōngquán ― with bare hands and fists
to be naked
赤 腳/ 赤 脚 ― chì jiǎo ― to be barefoot
( politics ) revolutionary ; communist ; red
赤 化 ― chì huà ― to communize; to turn Red
pure gold
( Hokkien ) lean ( of meat )
( Hokkien ) to brown ( to cook something until it becomes brown )
( Hokkien ) fierce and unreasonable ; tough and unable to talk sense ( especially of a woman )
( Mainland China Hokkien ) poor ; impoverished
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
紅 (“red”)
厄 ( literary, or in compounds ) 困乏 ( kùnfá ) ( formal ) 困窘 ( kùnjiǒng ) 困窮 / 困穷 ( kùnqióng ) 困苦 ( kùnkǔ ) 困難 / 困难 困頓 / 困顿 ( kùndùn ) 宋凶 ( Hokkien ) 散 ( Hokkien ) 散凶 ( Hokkien ) 散赤 ( Hokkien ) 清苦 ( qīngkǔ ) ( especially of scholars and intellectuals ) 淡薄 ( dànbó ) ( literary ) 清貧 / 清贫 ( qīngpín ) ( especially of scholars and intellectuals ) 㾪赤 ( Hokkien ) 磽 / 硗 ( Teochew ) 䆀康 ( Hokkien ) 空乏 ( kòngfá ) ( literary ) 窄 窘促 ( jiǒngcù ) ( literary ) 窘困 ( jiǒngkùn ) 窘迫 ( jiǒngpò ) 窮 / 穷 ( qióng ) 窮乏 / 穷乏 ( qióngfá ) ( literary ) 窮困 / 穷困 ( qióngkùn ) 窮㾪 / 穷㾪 ( Hokkien ) 窮苦 / 穷苦 ( qióngkǔ ) 窮赤 / 穷赤 ( Hokkien ) 艱苦 / 艰苦 ( Hokkien ) 苦寒 ( kǔhán ) 貧乏 / 贫乏 ( pínfá ) 貧困 / 贫困 ( pínkùn ) 貧寒 / 贫寒 ( pínhán ) 貧瘠 / 贫瘠 ( pínjí ) ( literary ) 貧窮 / 贫穷 ( pínqióng ) 貧苦 / 贫苦 ( pínkǔ )
Dialectal synonyms of
貧窮 (“poor; impoverished; poverty-striken”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
貧 , 窮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
窮 , 貧窮 , 窮困 , 貧困 , 赤貧 , 貧乏 , 貧苦 , 貧寒 , 苦寒
Mandarin
Taiwan
窮 , 貧窮
Yantai (Muping)
窮
Luoyang
窮
Wanrong
窮
Xi'an
窮
Yinchuan
窮
Chengdu
苦寒
Nanjing
窮
Singapore
窮 , 貧窮 , 窮苦
Cantonese
Guangzhou
窮
Hong Kong
窮
Taishan
窮
Gan
Nanchang
窮
Pingxiang
窮
Hakka
Meixian
窮
Jin
Taiyuan
窮
Northern Min
Jian'ou
窮無
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
窮
Southern Min
Xiamen
宋凶 , 㾪赤 , 窮㾪 , 窮赤 , 赤窮 , 赤
Quanzhou
宋凶 , 窮赤 , 赤窮 , 赤
Hui'an
窮赤
Zhangzhou
宋凶 , 散 , 散赤 , 赤
Tainan
散 , 散赤 , 散食 , 散凶 , 窮赤 , 窮散 , 窮苦
Raoping
磽
Shantou
窮 , 磽
Jieyang
窮 , 磽
Leizhou
窮 , 蒯
Wu
Shanghai
窮
Suzhou
窮
Danyang
窮
Hangzhou
窮
Jinhua
倒灶
Compounds
Descendants
→ Proto-Mien: *sekᴰ ( “ red ” )
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium . Particularly: “From 刺 ?”)
Pronunciation
Definitions
赤
( Cantonese ) painful ; aching
頭赤 / 头赤 [Cantonese ] ― tau4 cek3 ― to have a headache
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
疼 (“painful”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
痛 , 疼1 , 疼痛
Mandarin
Beijing
疼1
Taiwan
痛
Tianjin
疼1
Tangshan
疼1
Cangzhou
疼1
Baoding
疼1
Shijiazhuang
疼1 , 痛
Chifeng
疼1
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
疼1 , 痛
Harbin
疼1
Shenyang
疼1 , 痛
Yantai (Muping)
痛
Qingdao
疼1
Jinan
疼1
Luoyang
疼1
Wanrong
疼1
Zhengzhou
疼1
Xi'an
疼1
Yinchuan
疼1
Lanzhou
疼1
Xining
疼1
Ürümqi
疼1
Wuhan
疼1
Chengdu
痛 , 疼1
Chongqing
痛
Guiyang
痛
Kunming
疼1 , 痛
Guilin
痛
Liuzhou
痛
Xuzhou
疼1
Yangzhou
疼1 , 痛
Nanjing
疼1
Hefei
疼1
Nantong
疼1 , 痛
Malaysia
痛 , 疼
Singapore
痛
Dagudi (Maliba)
疼1
Reshuitang (Longling)
疼1
Mae Salong (Lancang)
疼1
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
疼1
Cantonese
Guangzhou
痛 , 赤
Hong Kong
痛 , 赤
Taishan
赤
Kaiping (Chikan)
赤
Yangjiang
痛
Nanning
痛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
痛
Singapore (Guangfu)
痛
Gan
Nanchang
痛
Hakka
Meixian
痛
Dongguan (Qingxi)
痛
Heyuan (Bendihua)
痛
Wengyuan
痛
Liannan
痛
Jiexi
疾
Luhe
痛
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
疾
Changting
疾
Wuping (Yanqian)
疾
Ninghua
疾
Yudu
痛
Ningdu
痛
Tonggu (Sandu)
痛
Ganzhou (Panlong)
痛
Dayu
痛
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
痛
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
痛
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
痛
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
痛
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
疾
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
疾
Hong Kong
痛
Yangxi (Tangkou)
痛
Yangchun (Sanjia)
痛
Xinyi (Sihe)
痛
Xinyi (Qianpai)
痛
Gaozhou (Xindong)
痛
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
痛
Huazhou (Xin'an)
痛
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
痛
Lianjiang (Qingping)
痛
Mengshan (Xihe)
痛
Luchuan
痛
Senai (Huiyang)
痛
Kuching (Hepo)
痛
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
痛
Huizhou
Jixi
痛
Shexian
痛
Jin
Taiyuan
疼1
Xinzhou
疼1
Linhe
疼1
Jining
疼1
Hohhot
疼1
Zhangjiakou
疼1
Handan
疼1
Northern Min
Jian'ou
字
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
疼2
Southern Min
Xiamen
疼2
Quanzhou
疼2
Zhangzhou
疼2
Tainan
疼2
Singapore (Hokkien)
疼2
Manila (Hokkien)
疼2
Chaozhou
疼2
Shantou (Chaoyang)
疼2
Bangkok (Teochew)
疼2
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
疼2
Singapore (Teochew)
疼2
Leizhou
疼2
Wenchang
疼2
Haikou
疼2
Singapore (Hainanese)
疼2
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
痛
Wu
Shanghai
痛
Suzhou
痛
Danyang
痛
Hangzhou
痛
Ningbo
痛
Wenzhou
痛
Xiang
Changsha
痛
Shuangfeng
痛
Compounds
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 赤 – see 刺 (“a pointed structure which is able to pierce something; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 刺 ).Notes:
Japanese
Stroke order
Kanji
赤
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji )
red
Readings
Go-on : しゃく ( shaku , Jōyō † )
Kan-on : せき ( seki , Jōyō )
Kun : あか ( aka , 赤 , Jōyō ) ; あかい ( aka i , 赤い , Jōyō ) ; あからむ ( aka ramu , 赤らむ , Jōyō ) ; あからめる ( aka rameru , 赤らめる , Jōyō )
Nanori : あ ( a ) ; あこ ( ako ) ; あま ( ama )
Compounds
Etymology
From Old Japanese , from Proto-Japonic *aka .
Pronunciation
Noun
赤( あか ) or 赤( アカ ) • (aka )
red ( color )
communism , socialism
a communist
Derived terms
Prefix
赤( あか ) • (aka- )
entirely
Derived terms
See also
Colors in Japanese · 色( いろ ) ( iro ) (layout · text )
白( しろ ) ( shiro )
灰( はい ) 色( いろ ) ( haiiro ) ,鼠( ねずみ ) 色( いろ ) ( nezumiiro ) ( dated )
黒( くろ ) ( kuro )
赤( あか ) ( aka ) ; 深( しん ) 紅( く ) ( shinku ) ,クリムゾン ( kurimuzon ) ,紅( べに ) 色( いろ ) ( beniiro ) ,紅( くれない ) 色( いろ ) ( kurenaiiro ) ,茜( あかね ) 色( いろ ) ( akaneiro )
オレンジ ( orenji ) , 橙( だいだい ) 色( いろ ) ( daidaiiro ) ; 茶( ちゃ ) 色( いろ ) ( chairo ) ,褐( かっ ) 色( しょく ) ( kasshoku )
黄( き ) 色( いろ ) ( kiiro ) ; クリーム色( いろ ) ( kurīmuiro )
黄( き ) 緑( みどり ) ( kimidori )
緑( みどり ) ( midori ) ,青( あお ) ( ao ) ( dated )
若緑( わかみどり ) ( wakamidori )
シアン ( shian ) ; 鴨( かも ) の羽色( はねいろ ) ( kamo no hane iro )
水( みず ) 色( いろ ) ( mizuiro )
青( あお ) ( ao )
菫( すみれ ) 色( いろ ) ( sumireiro ) ; 藍( あい ) 色( いろ ) ( aiiro ) ,インジゴ ( injigo )
マゼンタ ( mazenta ) , 赤紫( あかむらさき ) ( akamurasaki ) ; 紫( むらさき ) ( murasaki )
ピンク ( pinku ) ,桃( もも ) 色( いろ ) ( momoiro )
References
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : NHK Publishing , →ISBN
^ Nakai, Yukihiko, editor (2002) 京阪系アクセント辞典 [A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Bensei , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
赤 (eumhun 붉을 적 ( bulgeul jeok ) )
Hanja form? of 적 ( “ red ” ) .
Kunigami
Kanji
赤
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka , from Proto-Japonic *aka .
Pronunciation
Noun
赤( はか゚ー ) (hakā )
red
Miyako
Kanji
赤
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka , from Proto-Japonic *aka .
Pronunciation
Noun
赤( あか ) (aka )
red
Northern Amami-Oshima
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Kanji
赤
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka , from Proto-Japonic *aka .
Pronunciation
Noun
赤( あか ) (aka )
red
Okinawan
Kanji
赤
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Readings
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka , from Proto-Japonic *aka .
Pronunciation
Noun
赤( あか ) (aka )
red
Vietnamese
Han character
赤 : Hán Nôm readings: xích
red
Yaeyama
Kanji
赤
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka , from Proto-Japonic *aka .
Pronunciation
Noun
赤( あか ) (aka )
red
Yonaguni
Kanji
赤
(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji )
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka , from Proto-Japonic *aka .
Pronunciation
Noun
赤( あが ) (aga )
red