Chinese Character Wiki
赤

chì

red

Depicts the color of a large (大) fire (火).

Components
大 iconic component

大  Iconic component

dà, dài

  

big

火 iconic component

火  Iconic component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

赤 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
赤 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
赤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
赤 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
赤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

赤  

chì

red; communist, 'red'; bare; scarlet; naked

Most common words with 赤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

赤

red

赤裸

naked

赤裸裸

bare

赤字

red letter

赤脚

barefoot

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (1 verified)

赫 赭 赧

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

郝 赦 哧

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[t-qʰ](r)Ak

tsyhek

chì

red


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.8877% of movies

2163rd most common character in movies

1660th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+8D64

Shuowen

“赤，南方色也。从大、从火。烾，古文从炎、土。”


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