红彤彤 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hóng red Simplified

Simplified form of 紅. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

工 Sound component

gōng work

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

荭

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Readings & variants: Unicode

tóng red

Depicts cinnabar (丹), representing the color red, being the most colorful and vibrant pattern (彡).

Components

丹 Meaning component

dān, dan cinnabar

彡 Iconic component

shān, xiǎn hair

Used here to depict the colorful and vibrant pattern of cinnabar.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	downg	N-rˤu[m] (dialect: -um > -uŋ)	red

說文解字

《說文》：“彤，丹飾也。从丹，从彡。彡其畫也。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

hóng red Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

工 Sound component

gōng work

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	huwng	gˤoŋ	pink

說文解字

《說文》：“紅，帛赤白色。从糸，工聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

红 hóng red Simplified

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彤 tóng red

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紅 hóng red Traditional

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hóng red Simplified

tóng red

hóng red Traditional