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U+8D64, 赤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D64

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+2F9A, ⾚
KANGXI RADICAL RED

Kangxi Radicals

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 155, +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土中弓金 (GLNC), four-corner 40331, composition 丿(GTJKV) or (H))

  1. Kangxi radical #155, .

Derived characters

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

Historical forms of the character
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 (會意会意): (person, big) + (fire) – the color of fire (a person by a fire).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𤆍
ancient
Hokkien

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krak (blood; red), whence Tibetan ཁྲག (khrag, blood) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007). Related to (OC *qʰraːɡ, “bright red”) and possibly (OC *hjaɡ, “majestic; red”).

Pronunciation


Note: cik3 - literary.
Note: ciak1 - in 赤坎.
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

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (24)
    Final () (123)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter tsyhek
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡ɕʰiæk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /cʰiajk̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    chi
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    cik1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 1477
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kʰljaɡ/

    Definitions

    1. (literary or poetic) red
        ―  chì  ―  deficit (literally: red figures/numbers)
      晚霞  ―  chìsè de wǎnxiá  ―  red sunset clouds
    2. (Teochew) brown
    3. loyal; sincere
        ―  chìchén  ―  absolutely sincere
    4. empty; bare
        ―  chìpín  ―  utterly destitute
      手空拳  ―  chìshǒukōngquán  ―  with bare hands and fists
    5. to be naked
        ―  chìjiǎo  ―  to be barefoot
    6. (politics) revolutionary; communist; red
        ―  chìhuà  ―  to communize; to turn Red
    7. pure gold
    8. (Hokkien) lean (of meat)
    9. (Hokkien) to brown (to cook something until it becomes brown)
    10. (Hokkien) fierce and unreasonable; tough and unable to talk sense (especially of a woman)
    11. (Mainland China Hokkien) poor; impoverished
    Synonyms
    • (red):
    • (poor):

    Compounds

    Descendants

    • Proto-Mien: *sekᴰ (red)

    Etymology 2

    simp. and trad.
    alternative forms 𣤩

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From ?”)

    Pronunciation


    Definitions

    1. (Cantonese) painful; aching
      [Cantonese]  ―  tau4 cek3   ―  to have a headache
    Synonyms

    Compounds

    Etymology 3

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“a pointed structure which is able to pierce something; etc.”).
    (This character is the simplified form of ).
    Notes:

    Japanese

    Stroke order
    7 strokes

    Kanji

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. red

    Readings

    Compounds

    Etymology

    From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Kanji in this term
    あか
    Grade: 1
    Alternative spelling

    (あか) or (アカ) (aka

    1. red (color)
    2. communism, socialism
    3. a communist

    Derived terms

    Prefix

    (あか) (aka-

    1. entirely

    Derived terms

    See also

    Colors in Japanese · (いろ) (iro) (layout · text)
         (しろ) (shiro)      (はい)(いろ) (haiiro),
    (ねずみ)(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated)
         (くろ) (kuro)
                 (あか) (aka); (しん)() (shinku),
    クリムゾン (kurimuzon),
    (べに)(いろ) (beniiro),
    (くれない)(いろ) (kurenaiiro),
    (あかね)(いろ) (akaneiro)
                 オレンジ (orenji),
    (だいだい)(いろ) (daidaiiro); (ちゃ)(いろ) (chairo),
    (かっ)(しょく) (kasshoku)
                 ()(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
                 ()(みどり) (kimidori)              (みどり) (midori),
    (あお) (ao) (dated)
                 若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori)
                 シアン (shian); (かも)羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro)              (みず)(いろ) (mizuiro)              (あお) (ao)
                 (すみれ)(いろ) (sumireiro); (あい)(いろ) (aiiro),
    インジゴ (injigo)
                 マゼンタ (mazenta),
    赤紫(あかむらさき) (akamurasaki); (むらさき) (murasaki)
                 ピンク (pinku),
    (もも)(いろ) (momoiro)

    References

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. ^ 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
    3. ^ 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

    (eumhun 붉을 (bulgeul jeok))

    1. Hanja form? of (red).

    Kunigami

    Kanji

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (はか゚ー) (hakā

    1. red

    Miyako

    Kanji

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (あか) (aka

    1. red

    Northern Amami-Oshima

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    Kanji

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (あか) (aka

    1. red

    Okinawan

    Kanji

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (あか) (aka

    1. red

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: xích

    1. red

    Yaeyama

    Kanji

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (あか) (aka

    1. red

    Yonaguni

    Kanji

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    (あが) (aga

    1. red