紅
hónggōngHóng HSK2

red

红 (紅) hóng frequency
red adjective
the color red

她今天穿了一件红色的衣服。

tā jīn​tiān chuān le yī jiàn hóng sè de yī​fu.

She wore red clothes today.

redden adjective
to become red, usually referring to cheeks or eyes due to flushing, embarrassment, or emotion

他一害羞，脸就红了。

tā yī hài​xiū, liǎn jiù hóng le.

As soon as he gets shy, his face turns red.

bonus verb
a dividend or share of profits

公司年底会给所有股东分红。

gōng​sī nián​dǐ huì gěi suǒ​yǒu gǔ​dōng fēn hóng.

The company will distribute dividends to all shareholders at the end of the year.

popular adjective
popular, famous, or trending

这位年轻演员最近在网络上非常红。

zhè wèi nián​qīng yǎn​yuán zuì​jìn zài Wǎng​luò shàng fēi​cháng hóng.

This young actor has become very popular on the internet lately.

revolutionary expression
politically revolutionary or associated with communism

我们要努力把自己培养成又红又专的人才。

wǒ​men yào nǔ​lì bǎ zì​jǐ péi​yǎng chéng yòu​hóng​yòu​zhuān de rén​cái.

We must strive to train ourselves to be both 'red' and expert.

红 (紅) gōng
needlework noun
used in 女红 nǚ​gōng (needlework)

她从小就精通女红。

tā cóng xiǎo jiù jīng​tōng nǚ gōng.

She has been proficient in needlework since she was a child.

红 (紅) Hóng
Hong proper name
surname Hong

红先生是我们的邻居。

Hóng xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de lín​jū.

Mr. Hong is our neighbor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
502nd most common 423.0 per million
Movie subtitles
790th most common 159.8 per million appears in 48% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
87.4 per million appears in 25% of films
Written text
216.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Simplified
红
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+7D05

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)