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赤: red/scarlet

By January 27, 2013January 28th, 2021Chinese Word, colors, Design, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
赤chi4: red/scarlet; bare [あかaka; あかいakai]

 

赤 chi4

noun | radical 155

Kun Reading

赤 | あか aka

noun 
: red; crimson; scarlet
: red-containing color (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
: (Colloquialism) Red (i.e. communist)
: (Abbreviation) red light
: (Abbreviation) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; () complete; total; perfect; obvious

赤い | あかい akai

adjective
: red
: Red (i.e. communist)

赤み | あかみ akami

noun | no-adjective
: reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; blush

On Reading

せき seki; しゃく shaku

: red/scarlet; communist; bare

 Usage:

 

赤字 chi4zhi4: ($) deficit/in the red [あかじ akaji]
足赤 zu2chi4: pure/solid gold



Chinese idiom
金無[无]足赤 jin1wu2 zu2chi4
: not all gold is sufficiently red: no one is perfect

面紅[红]耳赤 mian4hong2 er3chi4
: flushed with anger/excitement



Japanese common word
赤ちゃん | あかちゃん akachan: baby; infant

 Etymology:

 

会意 Associative compound.
Person [大] (da4: big; vast)
on fire [火] (huo3: fire; flame; anger; rage)

 Examples:

 

赤裸的臀部。
(chi4luo3 de tun2bu4)
The bared buttocks.

 

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary