hè
bright
Duplicate of 赤, a bright red color.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 赫
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
awe-inspiring | ||
Hull (name) | ||
Michael Schumacher (1969-), former German racing driver | ||
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet Communist Party 1953-1964 | ||
with a shock |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʰˤrak | xaek | hè | red, fiery |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.6566% of movies
1602nd most common character in movies
1346th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+8D6B |
Shuowen | “赫,火赤皃。从二赤。” |
Sources
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