IDENTITY
红hóngred; popular
HSK 2Top 250
CORE MEANING
red; popular
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.redHSK2
- 2.popular; famousHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 纟silk radical (sī)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰纟工
- silk
- gives the sound hóng
USAGE
Common words
红色hóngsèred
红茶hóngcháblack tea
红绿灯hónglǜdēngtraffic light
Graded examples
红灯亮了，别过马路。Hóngdēng liàng le, bié guò mǎlù.HSK4
The red light is on; don’t cross the road.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
Silk (纟) dyed by skilled work (工) — red, the festive color. (From 紅.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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