RED  紅赤

The COLOUR of CHERRIES ETC.. []
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Hypernym
  • COLOURAPPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES.
    • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most general word for "red" is probably chì 赤.

2. Zhū 朱 is deep red.

3. Dān 丹 is mild cinnabar red.

4. Jiàng 絳 is very deep shiny red.

5. Hóng 紅 is whitish red or pink.

1. SEE 符淮青，詞義的分析和描寫 240ff

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

ART 12.

絳，用茜草染成的各種深淺不同的紅色，紅色的總稱。

縓，極淺的紅黃色，用茜草浸染一次而成。

赬，淺紅黃色，用茜草浸染二次而成。纁，用茜草浸染三次而成，象徵地之色。

朱，用茜草浸染四次而成。又可借指朱砂。

紅，極淺的紅色，被視為間色。

赤，略淺於朱，含明亮、顯盛之意。

丹，丹色淺於赤。

赭，赤土，即赭石，也是礦物原料，所成紅色不固定。

Modern Chinese Criteria
紅

赤

朱

丹

茜

緋紅 "bright red"

彤

丹朱

通紅

鮮紅

血紅

火紅

朱紅

赤紅

猩紅

殷紅

潮紅

嫣紅

朱殷

榴火

紅潤

紅彤彤

紅通通

紅樸樸

紅艷艷

紅不棱登

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.66

  • Traite elementaire des synonymes grecques ( DUFOUR 1910) p. 163

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 363

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.434

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.444

    ROUX, ROUSSE

  • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 54

  • Kleine Schriften Deutsche Ostasienstudien ( UNGER 2009) p. 1-9

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1341

    赤，朱，絳，丹，紅

  • 語言學論集 ( ZHANG YONGYAN 1992) p. 100-135

    Zhang lists 65 terms and compares adjacent languages.

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 207

Words

朱  zhū OC: tjo MC: tɕi̯o 15 AttributionsWD

Zhū 朱 is deep red.

    Syntactic words
  • nred dye
  • v(adN)lively red colour (dress/belt,sash)
  • vadNbright and lively red
  • vadV(paint) in lively bright red colour
  • vibright and lively red
  • vtoNcausativepaint bright red
赤  chì OC: khjaɡ MC: tɕhiɛk 15 AttributionsWD

The most general word for "red" is probably chì 赤.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNred; glowing red; orange (like the Buddhist robes)
  • vibe glowing red, orange
  • vichangeturn red, orange
丹  dān OC: taan MC: tɑn 11 AttributionsWD

Dān 丹 is mild cinnabar red.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNcinnabar red
  • vadVlike cinnabar
  • vicinnabar red
  • vtoNcausativepaint cinnabar red
彤  tóng OC: duuŋ MC: duo̝ŋ 7 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNbright and lively fire-red, lacquered bright red.
  • vibe bright and lively fire-red, lacquered bright red
紅  hóng OC: ɡooŋ MC: ɦuŋ 7 AttributionsWD

Hóng 紅 is often non-shiny, matt, whitish red like that of a peach.　孔叢子:面正紅白，

    Syntactic words
  • nabfeaturewhitish red; pink
  • v[adN]pink roast-red or whitish red [silk]
  • vadNroast-red; whitish red, pink
  • vibe whitish red; be pink; be roast-red
紫  zǐ OC: tseʔ MC: tsiɛ 6 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabfeaturevermillion, purple
  • v[adN]vermillion or purple silk [clothes]
  • vadNpurple
  • vibe vermillion, be purple
纁  xūn OC: qhun MC: hi̯un 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNpurple; light red; brown
  • vibe purple; light red; brown
赭  zhě OC:  MC: tɕɣɛ 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNbrownish redDS
  • vibrownish red colour
  • vtoNcausativecause to be left brownish red
騂  xīng OC: seŋ MC: siɛŋ 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNred; red-furred
  • vibe red-furred
赨  tóng OC: ɡ-luuŋ MC: duo̝ŋ 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNred
縓  quán OC: skhon MC: tshiɛn 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nadNlight red; purple; orange
酡  tuó OC: laal MC: dɑ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vichangeget red in the face after drinking wine
雘  huò OC: qʷaaɡ MC: ʔɑk 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nmSHANHAIJING: red dye (丹雘)
韎  mèi OC: mreeds MC: mɣɛi 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNyellowish red
紫金  zǐ jīn OC: tseʔ krɯm MC: tsiɛ kim 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPadNcrimson-golden
赤紅  chì hóng OC: khjaɡ ɡooŋ MC: tɕhiɛk ɦuŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPiintensitivebe all red, be glowing red
袾  zhū MC: trju OC: toLZ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vadNredLZ
殷  yān OC: qrɯɯn MC: ʔɣɛn 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viZUO: very dark red
瑕  xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viSHUOWEN: faint red (as of faintly red jade)
絳  jiàng OC: kruums MC: kɣɔŋ 0 AttributionsWD

Jiàng 絳 is very deep shiny red.

    Syntactic words
  • videep red
緋  fēi OC: pɯl MC: pɨi 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viSHUOWEN: faintly silk-red
緹  tí OC: ɡ-lee MC: dei 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vidiguan, caoren: orange
縕  yùn MC: 'junH OC: quns 0 AttributionsWD

wēn

    Syntactic words
  • vadNyellowish-red
赧  nǎn OC: rnaanʔ MC: ɳɣan 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viMENG 3B7: bright red, like a blush
霞  xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viCC, yuanyou: faint red (as of clouds)
騢  xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viERYA: reddish (as of the colour of reddish horses)
驖  tiě OC: kh-liiɡ MC: thet 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • viSHI: (of horses) black with an admixture of red

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