緋 fēi
: dark red; purple silk
Kun Reading
緋 OR 朱 | あけ ake
noun
: scarlet; red
: blood
緋 OR 赤 | あか aka
adjective | (outdated kanji 緋)
: red; crimson; scarlet
: red-containing color (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
: Red (i.e. communist)
: red light
: red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
緋い OR 赤い | あかい akai
adjective | (outdated kanji 緋)
: red
: Red (i.e. communist)
On Reading
緋 | ひ hi
noun
: scarlet; red
: blood
緋紅 [绯红] fei1hong2: scarlet
緋聞 [绯闻] fei1wen2: sex scandal
緋胸鸚鵡 [绯胸鹦鹉] fei1 xiong1 ying1wu3: (Chinese bird species) red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
Japanese common word
緋梅 | ひばい hibai: Hibai Japanese apricot
緋鯉 | ひごい higoi: red carp; golden carp
緋袴 | ひばかま hibakama OR ひこ hiko
: red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
緋寒桜 | ひかんざくら hikanzakura OR 寒緋桜 | かんひざくら kanhizakura
: Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata); winter cherry tree
形声 Pictophonetic.
糹 (si1: silk radical 120) suggests the meaning while
非 (fei1: not; negative; non-; oppose) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
绯. Derived from generic radical simplification #4 (糹 » 纟).
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
