红

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red; popular; revolutionary; bonus

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “silk” + 工 sound ( gōng )

Components 纟工

red · Heisig RSH #1089

thread + I-beam

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
红山区	Hóng shān Qū	Hongshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市[Chi4 feng1 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
中国红	Zhōng guó hóng	vermilion
红安县	Hóng ān Xiàn	Hong'an, a county in Huanggang City 黃岡市\|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4], Hubei
大红	dà hóng	crimson
红人	hóng rén	a favorite of sb in power; a celebrity; American Indian
红山	Hóng shān	see 紅山區\|红山区[Hong2 shan1 Qu1]
人口红利	rén kǒu hóng lì	(economics) demographic dividend
红学	Hóng xué	"Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
红心	hóng xīn	heart ♥ (in card games); red, heart-shaped symbol; bullseye
红海	Hóng Hǎi	Red Sea
红海	hóng hǎi	(neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海\|蓝海[lan2 hai3])
红机	hóng jī	red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite
金红	jīn hóng	reddish-gold (color)
红花	hóng huā	safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)
花红	huā hóng	Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica); gift for a wedding or other happy occasion; b…
红安	Hóng ān	see 紅安縣\|红安县[Hong2 an1 Xian4]
分红	fēn hóng	dividend; to award a bonus
发红	fā hóng	to turn red; to blush; to flush
金红石	jīn hóng shí	(mineralogy) rutile
红河县	Hóng hé Xiàn	Honghe, a county in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州\|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 h…

Characters sharing the sound component 工 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
工 sound part	gōng	labor, work; laborer, worker
空	kōng	hollow, empty, deserted, bare
江	jiāng	large river; the Yangtze; surname
经	jīng	the classics; to experience, to undergo
轻	qīng	light, gentle; simple, easy
径	jìng	path, diameter; straight, direct
攻	gōng	to accuse; to assault; to criticize
项	xiàng	neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
氢	qīng	ammonia
贡	gòng	to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts
虹	hóng	rainbow
缸	gāng	earthen jug, crock, cistern
肛	gāng	anus
巩	gǒng	to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong
汞	gǒng	mercury (element)
邛	qióng	mound; in distress
豇	jiāng	kidney bean; black-eyed pea
仝	tóng	together, same; surname
巠	jīng	underground river; flowing water