赤 chì red

源How it came to be

A person standing over fire, lit from below. It is the colour of a face in firelight, and from that came red, bare and utterly.

用How it is used

• Red, and bare/empty - 赤色 (chìsè) red, 面红耳赤 (miànhóng-ěrchì) flushed red (with anger or embarrassment), 赤字 (chìzì) a deficit ('in the red').
• 赤裸裸 (chìluǒluǒ) means stark-naked / blatant; 赤脚 (chìjiǎo) barefoot; 赤手空拳 (chìshǒu-kōngquán) empty-handed; 赤诚 (chìchéng) utterly sincere; 赤道 (chìdào) the equator.

字Characters built with 赤

• 赫 bright

词Words with 赤

• 赤字chìzìdeficitHSK 9
• 赤道chìdàoequator (of the earth or a celestial body)HSK 9
• 面红耳赤miànhóng-ěrchìflushed with anger (or excitement)HSK 9