紅色

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See also: 红色

Chinese

red; revolutionary; prosperity
red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
trad. (紅色) 紅 色
simp. (红色) 红 色

Pronunciation

Noun

紅色

  1. the color red

Adjective

紅色

  1. red
  2. (Mainland China) revolutionary

Synonyms

  • (red): (literary, or in compounds) 奭 (shì)

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Chinese · 顏色／颜色 (layout · text)
     白色      灰色      黑色
             紅色／红色, 赤色; 緋紅色／绯红色, 豔紅色／艳红色, 大紅／大红              橙色; 棕色, 褐色              黃色／黄色; 奶油色
             青檸色／青柠色              綠色／绿色             
             青色; 深青色              湛藍色／湛蓝色, 蔚藍色／蔚蓝色, 天藍色／天蓝色              藍色／蓝色
             紫羅蘭色／紫罗兰色; 靛色              洋紅色／洋红色; 紫色              粉紅色／粉红色

Japanese

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紅色: hexadecimal color code #D71345

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
紅 色
くれない
Grade: 6 		いろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From 紅(くれない) (kurenai, “crimson”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”).

Pronunciation

Noun

紅(くれない)色(いろ) • (kurenaiiro) ←くれなゐいろ (kurenawiiro)?

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards pink
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 19, poem 4192:
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      桃(ももの)花(はな)紅(くれなゐ)色(いろ)尓(に)々保比多流(にほひたる)面(おも)輪乃宇知尓(わのうちに)青(あを)柳(やぎ)乃(の)細(ほそき)眉(まよ)根乎(ねを)咲(ゑみ)麻我理(まがり)朝(あさ)影(かげ)見都追(みつつ)𡢳嬬(をとめ)良我(らが)手尓(てに)取(とり)持有(もてる)真(まそ)鏡(かがみ)盖(ふた)上(がみ)山(やま)尓(に)... [Man'yōgana]
      桃(もも)の花(はな)紅(くれなゐ)色(いろ)ににほひたる面(おも)輪(わ)のうちに青(あを)柳(やぎ)の細(ほそ)き眉(まよ)根(ね)を笑(ゑ)み曲(ま)がり朝(あさ)影(かげ)見(み)つつ娘子(をとめ)らが手(て)に取(と)り持(も)てるまそ鏡(かがみ)二(ふた)上(がみ)山(やま)に... [Modern spelling]
      momo no hana kurenai-iro ni nioitaru omowa no uchi ni aoyagi no hosoki mayone o emi-magari asakage mitsutsu otomera ga te ni tori-motoru masokagami futagami-yama ni...
      On Two-top Mountain―top of a mirror box, clear mirror in a maiden's hand reflecting her morning face, delicate green-willow eyebrows bent with smiles, face glowing rosy like peach blossoms...[2]
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
紅 色
べに
Grade: 6 		いろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From 紅(べに) (beni, “safflower”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”).

Pronunciation

Noun

紅(べに)色(いろ) • (beniiro) 

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards pink
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
紅 色
こう
Grade: 6 		しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 紅色 (MC huwng srik). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

紅(こう)色(しょく) • (kōshoku) 

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards pink
Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Paula Doe, Ōtomo Yakamochi (1982) A Warbler's Song in the Dusk: The Life and Work of Ōtomo Yakamochi (718-785), University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 49-50
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