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hóng

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hóng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hóng | hong2
English translation
red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular

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About hóng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

hóng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

silk

Etymology of hóng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹工

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gōng

Explanation

Simplified form of hóng . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gōng represents the sound.

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Words with hóng

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character hóng in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Hóng red hóng
红色 hóng sè red (color)紅色
红包 hóng bāo kickback紅包
粉红 fěn hóng pink粉紅
红灯 hóng dēng red light紅燈
红军 Hóng jūn (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)紅軍
口红 kǒu hóng lipstick口紅
分红 fēnhóng dividend分紅
粉红色 fěn hóng sè pink粉紅色
西红柿 xīhóngshì tomato西紅柿
脸红 liǎn hóng to blush臉紅
红旗 Hóng qí Red flag city district紅旗
红星 Hóng xīng red star紅星
红利 hóng lì bonus紅利
红细胞 hóng xì bāo erythrocyte紅細胞
大红 dà hóng crimson大紅
走红 zǒu hóng to be popular走紅
红外线 hóng wài xiàn infrared ray紅外線
红心 hóng xīn bullseye紅心
红火 hóng huǒ prosperous紅火
红宝石 hóng bǎo shí ruby紅寶石
红楼梦 Hóng lóu Mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹 Cáo Xuě qín [Cáo​Xuě​qín], one of the four great novels紅樓夢
红豆 hóng dòu azuki bean紅豆
红牌 hóng pái red card (sports)紅牌
红花 hóng huā safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)紅花

hóng Decomposition & Compounds

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