红 hóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 工 labor, work
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
红色
hóngsè
red color
Characters in this word
色 sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我买了红色包。 Wǒ mǎi le hóngsè bāo. I bought a red bag.
- 红色裙子好看。 Hóngsè qúnzi hǎokàn. The red skirt looks nice.
- 他穿红色衣服。 Tā chuān hóngsè yīfu. He wears red clothes.