萧红
Xiāo Hóng

Xiao Hong

萧 xiāo common artemisia Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 肃 represents the meaning and 艹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蕭.

Components

肃
肃 Sound component
sù pay respects
艹
艹 SoundMeaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

潇蟏

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

红 hóng red Simplified

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

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

工
工 Sound component
gōng work

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

荭

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蕭 common artemisia Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 肅 represents the meaning and 艹 represents the sound.

Components

肅
肅 Meaning component
sù pay respects
艹
艹 Sound component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

瀟蠨

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsewsˤiwArtemisia; 蕭蕭 neighing of horses
Zhengzhangsɯːw
Unicodeseu

說文解字

艾蒿也。从艸肅聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

紅 hóng red Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

工
工 Sound component
gōng work

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthuwnggˤoŋ 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)