紅色

See also: 红色

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fùng-set
• Eastern Min (BUC): è̤ng-sáik
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): âng-sek / âng-siak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ang⁵ sêg⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ghon-seq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngsè
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-sê⁴
    • Yale: húng-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngseh
    • Palladius: хунсэ (xunsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ sik¹
    • Yale: hùhng sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ sɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùng-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: fungˇ sed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung² sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ¹¹ set̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: è̤ng-sáik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /øyŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)naiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-sek
    • Tâi-lô: âng-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angseg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /aŋ²⁴⁻²¹ sek̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aŋ¹³⁻²² siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aŋ²³⁻³³ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âng-siak
    • Tâi-lô: âng-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: angsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aŋ²⁴⁻²² siak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang⁵ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghon-seq
    • MiniDict: ghon^去 seh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhon-seq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦoŋ²² səʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

紅色

1. the color red

Adjective

紅色

1. red
2. (Mainland China) revolutionary

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• 棗紅色／枣红色
• 深紅色／深红色 (shēnhóngsè)
• 紅色廣場／红色广场
• 紅色恐怖／红色恐怖 (hóngsè kǒngbù)
• 紅色政權／红色政权
• 紅色旅遊／红色旅游
• 紅色炸彈／红色炸弹 (hóngsè zhàdàn)
• 紅色精靈／红色精灵 (hóngsè jīnglíng)

 

See also

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

紅色: hexadecimal color code #D71345

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
紅	色
くれない Grade: 6	いろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 紅(くれない) (kurenai, “crimson”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くれないいろ [kùrénáííró] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞na̠iiɾo̞]

Noun

紅(くれない)色(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:
     , text here

     桃(ももの)花(はな)紅(くれなゐ)色(いろ)尓(に)々保比多流(にほひたる)面(おも)輪乃宇知尓(わのうちに)青(あを)柳(やぎ)乃(の)細(ほそき)眉(まよ)根乎(ねを)咲(ゑみ)麻我理(まがり)朝(あさ)影(かげ)見都追(みつつ)𡢳嬬(をとめ)良我(らが)手尓(てに)取(とり)持有(もてる)真(まそ)鏡(かがみ)盖(ふた)上(がみ)山(やま)尓(に)... [Man'yōgana]

     桃(もも)の花(はな)紅(くれなゐ)色(いろ)ににほひたる面(おも)輪(わ)のうちに青(あを)柳(やぎ)の細(ほそ)き眉(まよ)根(ね)を笑(ゑ)み曲(ま)がり朝(あさ)影(かげ)見(み)つつ娘子(をとめ)らが手(て)に取(と)り持(も)てるまそ鏡(かがみ)二(ふた)上(がみ)山(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...

Synonyms

• 紅(べに) (beni), 紅(くれない) (kurenai)
• 紅(べに)色(いろ) (benīro), 紅(こう)色(しょく) (kōshoku)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
紅	色
べに Grade: 6	いろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 紅(べに) (beni, “safflower”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) べにいろ [bènííró] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [be̞ɲ̟iiɾo̞]

Noun

紅(べに)色(いろ) • (beniiro) 

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

Synonyms

• 紅(くれない) (kurenai), 紅(べに) (beni)
• 紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaīro), 紅(こう)色(しょく) (kōshoku)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
紅	色
こう Grade: 6	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーしょく [kòóshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

紅(こう)色(しょく) • (kōshoku) 

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

Synonyms

• 紅(くれない) (kurenai), 紅(べに) (beni)
• 紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaīro), 紅(べに)色(いろ) (benīro)