How to write 赤
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Meaning of 赤
Pinyin
chì
Radical
赤
Strokes
7
Definition
red / scarlet / bare / naked
Usage
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赤 [chì]
形
1. 红色，比朱色稍暗的颜色: red, a color darker than vermilion.
例如: 赤血 (red blood), 赤字 (red character).
2. 真诚，忠诚: sincere; loyal.
例如: 赤诚 (extremely sincere), 赤忱 (sincere sentiment), 赤子 (pure and innocent newborn, in ancient times also refers to common people), 赤胆忠心 (loyal heart).
3. 空无所有: empty; having nothing at all.
例如: 赤手空拳 (empty-handed), 赤地千里 (an empty desolate land).
4. 裸露: bare; exposed.
例如: 赤脚 (barefoot).
名
1. 古以赤为南方之色，后因以赤指南方: in ancient times, red was regarded as the color of the south, later used to refer to the south.
例如: 赤帝 (the deity of the south in mythology, also refers to Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty), 赤方 (the south), 赤位 (southern position), 赤天 (sky in the south).
2. 谶纬家谓汉以火德王，火色赤，后因以借指汉朝: literary figures suggested that the Han Dynasty was ruled by fire virtue, thus associated with the color red.
例如: 赤德 (referring to the fortune of the Han Dynasty).
3. “赤子”的简称。指婴儿: an abbreviation for "赤子", meaning baby.
例如: 赤襁 (infant), 赤子苍头 (commonly refers to both old people and children).
4. 指鲜血: refers to blood.
例如: 赤津津 (the appearance of flowing fresh blood), 赤臭 (the foul smell of blood).
5. 共产党: Communist Party.
例如: 这里现亦大讨其赤, 中大学生被捕者有四十余人 (There is a large discussion about the communist party here, over forty university students have been arrested).
动
除掉，诛灭: remove; eradicate.
例如: 赤族 (to exterminate an entire clan), 赤诛 (to execute).
Chibi county level city in Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei / Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208
Chibi county level city in Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei / Chibi or Redcliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Redcliff of 208
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓|赤崁楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2])
in a state of nature / in one's birthday suit / as naked as when one was born / in the altogether / stark naked
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Input Method for 赤
Pinyin
chi4
Wubi
fou
Cangjie
glnc
Zhengma
bno
Four Corner
40231
Unicode
U+8d64
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category