Keyword
red
- scarlet
- blushing
- bare
- naked
- Frequency
- #1881
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
chì
Mnemonic
A person 土 whose cheeks are burning 火
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
赤
red; scarlet; bare; naked
赤道
equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator
赤字
(financial) deficit; red letter
赤裸
naked; bare
赤裸裸
bare; naked; (fig.) plain; undisguised; unadorned
赤壁
Red Cliffs, historic battlefield in Huangzhou District 黄州区 (HuángzhōuQū), Huanggang 黄冈市 (HuánggāngShì), Hubei, site of the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD
赤脚
barefoot
赤手空拳
(idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance)
赤贫
poverty-stricken
赤峰市
Chifeng, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 内蒙古自治区 (NèiměnggǔZìzhìqū)
赤道几内亚
Equatorial Guinea
赤壁市
Chibi, a county-level city in Xianning City 咸宁市 (XiánníngShì), Hubei
赤子
newborn baby; the people (of a country)
赤足
barefoot; barefooted
赤卫队
Red Guards
赤诚
utterly sincere; wholly devoted
赤子之心
pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn; sincere
赤膊
bare to the waist
赤身
naked
赤潮
algal bloom
赤兔
Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 吕布 (LǚBù) in the Three Kingdoms era
面红耳赤
flushed with anger (or excitement)
努尔哈赤
Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 后金 (HòuJīn) (from 1616)
赤匪
red bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))