See also: 红色

Chinese

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red; revolutionary; prosperity
red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
 
trad. (紅色)
simp. (红色)

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Noun

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紅色

  1. the color red

Adjective

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紅色

  1. red
  2. (Mainland China) revolutionary

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  • (red): (literary, or in compounds) (shì)

Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in Chinese · 顏色 / 颜色 (layout · text)
     白色      灰色      黑色
             紅色 / 红色, 赤色; 緋紅色 / 绯红色, 豔紅色 / 艳红色, 大紅 / 大红              橙色; 棕色, 褐色              黃色 / 黄色; 奶油色
             青檸色 / 青柠色              綠色 / 绿色             
             青色; 深青色              湛藍色 / 湛蓝色, 蔚藍色 / 蔚蓝色, 天藍色 / 天蓝色              藍色 / 蓝色
             紫羅蘭色 / 紫罗兰色; 靛色              洋紅色 / 洋红色; 紫色              粉紅色 / 粉红色

Japanese

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紅色: hexadecimal color code #D71345

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
くれない
Grade: 6
いろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From (くれない) (kurenai, crimson) + (いろ) (iro, color).

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(くれない)(いろ) (kurenaiiroくれなゐいろ (kurenawiiro)?

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards pink
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 19, poem 4192:
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      (ももの)(はな)(くれなゐ)(いろ)()々保比多流(にほひたる)(おも)輪乃宇知尓(わのうちに)(あを)(やぎ)()(ほそき)(まよ)根乎(ねを)(ゑみ)麻我理(まがり)(あさ)(かげ)見都追(みつつ)𡢳嬬(をとめ)良我(らが)手尓(てに)(とり)持有(もてる)(まそ)(かがみ)(ふた)(がみ)(やま)()... [Man'yōgana]
      (もも)(はな)(くれなゐ)(いろ)ににほひたる(おも)()のうちに(あを)(やぎ)(ほそ)(まよ)()()()がり(あさ)(かげ)()つつ娘子(をとめ)らが()()()てるまそ(かがみ)(ふた)(がみ)(やま)に... [Modern spelling]
      momo no hana kurenai-iro ni nioitaru omowa no uchi ni aoyagi no hosoki mayone o emi-magari asakage mitsutsu otomera ga te ni tori-motoru masokagami futagami-yama ni...
      On Two-top Mountain―top of a mirror box, clear mirror in a maiden's hand reflecting her morning face, delicate green-willow eyebrows bent with smiles, face glowing rosy like peach blossoms...[2]
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
べに
Grade: 6
いろ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From (べに) (beni, safflower) + (いろ) (iro, color).

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(べに)(いろ) (beniiro

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards pink
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 紅色 (MC huwng srik). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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(こう)(しょく) (kōshoku

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards pink
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Paula Doe, Ōtomo Yakamochi (1982) A Warbler's Song in the Dusk: The Life and Work of Ōtomo Yakamochi (718-785), University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 49-50
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