Chinese Character 红 Meanings and components.

Form

红

Meaning

红 meaning[3] in English

Surname Hong.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 红 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , 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 VMM

How to write 红

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

纟 + 工 = 红

红 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

红
Pinyin:hong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Hong
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
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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