红 — Chinese character
红
hóng
red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
- Pinyin
- hóng
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 纟 工
- Formation
- pictophonetic — silk; meaning component 纟; sound component 工
- Traditional
- 紅
Common words with 红
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 红色 (紅色) | hóng sè | red (color); revolutionary |
| 红包 (紅包) | hóng bāo | money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment |
| 红旗 (紅旗) | hóng qí | red flag; measure word: 面 (miàn) |
| 粉红色 (粉紅色) | fěn hóng sè | pink |
| 红利 (紅利) | hóng lì | bonus; dividend |
| 粉红 (粉紅) | fěn hóng | pink |
| 红酒 (紅酒) | hóng jiǔ | red wine |
| 分红 (分紅) | fēn hóng | dividend; to award a bonus |
| 红外 (紅外) | hóng wài | infrared (ray) |
| 红线 (紅線) | hóng xiàn | red line |
| 红灯 (紅燈) | hóng dēng | red light |
| 红花 (紅花) | hóng huā | safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) |
English words written with 红
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.