Chinese Character 紅 Meanings and components.

Form

紅

Meaning

紅 meaning[3] in English

Surname Hong.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 紅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and work (工)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFM

How to write 紅

To write紅hong2surname Hong you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 工gong1work arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 工 = 紅

紅 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 紅 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 紅, looks as follow:

紅
Pinyin:hong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Hong
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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