紅色

See also: 红色

Chinese
 
red; revolutionary; prosperity
red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
 
color; dice; look
color; dice; look; appearance
trad. (紅色) 紅 色
simp. (红色) 红 色

Pronunciation

Noun

紅色

  1. the color red

Adjective

紅色

  1. red
  2. (Mainland China) revolutionary

Synonyms
  • (red): (literary, or in compounds) 奭 (shì)

Derived terms

See also
Colors in Chinese · 顏色 (layout · text)
     白色      灰色      黑色
             紅色, 赤色; 緋紅色, 豔紅色, 大紅              橙色; 棕色, 褐色              黃色; 奶油色
             青檸色              綠色             
             青色; 深青色              湛藍色, 蔚藍色, 天藍色              藍色
             紫羅蘭色; 靛色              洋紅色; 紫色              粉紅色

Japanese
紅色: hexadecimal color code #D71345

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
紅 色
くれない
Grade: 6		 いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 紅(くれない) (kurenai, “crimson”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くれないいろ [kùrénáííró] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞na̠iiɾo̞]

Noun

紅(くれない)色(いろ) • (kurenaiiro) ←くれなゐいろ (kurenawīro)?

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards pink
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 19, poem 4192), text here
      桃(ももの)花(はな)紅(くれなゐ)色(いろ)尓(に)々保比多流(にほひたる)面(おも)輪乃宇知尓(わのうちに)青(あを)柳(やぎ)乃(の)細(ほそき)眉(まよ)根乎(ねを)咲(ゑみ)麻我理(まがり)朝(あさ)影(かげ)見都追(みつつ)𡢳嬬(をとめ)良我(らが)手尓(てに)取(とり)持有(もてる)真(まそ)鏡(かがみ)盖(ふた)上(がみ)山(やま)尓(に)... [Man'yōgana]
      桃(もも)の花(はな)紅(くれなゐ)色(いろ)ににほひたる面(おも)輪(わ)のうちに青(あを)柳(やぎ)の細(ほそ)き眉(まよ)根(ね)を笑(ゑ)み曲(ま)がり朝(あさ)影(かげ)見(み)つつ娘子(をとめ)らが手(て)に取(と)り持(も)てるまそ鏡(かがみ)二(ふた)上(がみ)山(やま)に... [Modern spelling]
      momo no hana kurenai-iro ni nioitaru omowa no uchi ni aoyagi no hosoki mayone o emi-magari asakage mitsutsu otomera ga te ni tori-motoru masokagami futagami-yama ni...
      On Two-top Mountain―top of a mirror box, clear mirror in a maiden's hand reflecting her morning face, delicate green-willow eyebrows bent with smiles, face glowing rosy like peach blossoms...[2]
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
紅 色
べに
Grade: 6		 いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From 紅(べに) (beni, “safflower”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) べにいろ [bènííró] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [be̞ɲ̟iiɾo̞]

Noun

紅(べに)色(いろ) • (beniiro) 

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards pink
Synonyms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
紅 色
こう
Grade: 6		 しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 紅色 (MC ɦuŋ ʃɨk̚). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こーしょく [kòóshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

紅(こう)色(しょく) • (kōshoku) 

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards pink
Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Paula Doe; Ōtomo Yakamochi (1982) A Warbler's Song in the Dusk: The Life and Work of Ōtomo Yakamochi (718-785), University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 49-50
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