紅 (hóng)
red/popular/famous
How 紅 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 糹 — silk
- Traditional
- 紅
- Simplified
- 红
Components
- 糹 silk
- 工 work
Common words using 紅
- 大紅 dàhóng
- crimson
- 紅包 hóngbāo
- lit. money wrapped in red as a gift; a bonus payment; a kickback
- 紅色 hóngsè
- red (color); revolutionary
- 分紅 fēnhóng
- a bonus; to award a bonus
- 口紅 kǒuhóng
- lipstick
- 奼紫嫣紅 chàzǐyānhóng
- fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
- 火紅 huǒhóng
- fiery; blazing
- 燈紅酒綠 dēnghóngjiǔlǜ
- lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking; debauched and corrupt environment
- 番茄紅素 fānqiéhóngsù
- Lycopene
- 當紅 dānghóng
- currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc)
- 發紅 fāhóng
- flush (face)
- 眼紅 yǎnhóng
- to covet; envious; jealous
紅 in a sentence
那個歌手現在在台灣很紅。
Nàge gēshǒu xiànzài zài Táiwān hěn hóng.
“That singer is very popular in Taiwan right now.”
How common is 紅?
紅 is the 502nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 75.9% of all running text.
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