赤 — Chinese character
赤
chì
red, scarlet; blushing; bare, naked
- Pinyin
- chì
- Radical
- 155 ⾚ (Red)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 土 火
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 土 whose cheeks are burning 火
- Japanese
- 赤 as a kanji
Common words with 赤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赤道 | chì dào | equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator |
| 赤字 | chì zì | (financial) deficit; red letter |
| 赤裸 | chì luǒ | naked; bare |
| 赤裸裸 | chì luǒ luǒ | bare; naked |
| 赤脚 (赤腳) | chì jiǎo | barefoot |
| 赤手空拳 | chì shǒu kōng quán | (idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance) |
| 赤贫 (赤貧) | chì pín | poverty-stricken |
| 赤子 | chì zǐ | newborn baby; the people (of a country) |
| 赤足 | chì zú | barefoot; barefooted |
| 赤诚 (赤誠) | chì chéng | utterly sincere; wholly devoted |
| 赤子之心 | chì zǐ zhī xīn | pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn; sincere |
| 赤膊 | chì bó | bare to the waist |
English words written with 赤
赤 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 7 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 8 · Great Learning 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Analects 5.7
- Analects 6.3
- Analects 11.21
- Analects 11.25
- Hexagram 47
- Mencius 3A.5
- Mencius 4B.12
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