RED    紅赤

The COLOUR of CHERRIES ETC.. []
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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 ／
Hypernym
  • COLOUR　APPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES. (anc: 5/0, child: 8)
  • APPEARANCE　CLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • 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 (27 items)

    赤  chì OC: khjaɡ MC: tɕhiɛk 15 Attributions

    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
    朱  zhū OC: tjo MC: tɕi̯o 15 Attributions

    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
    丹  dān OC: taan MC: tɑn 11 Attributions

    Dān 丹 is mild cinnabar red.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNcinnabar red
    • vadVlike cinnabar
    • vicinnabar red
    • vtoNcausativepaint cinnabar red
    彤  tóng OC: duuŋ MC: duo̝ŋ 7 Attributions
      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 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabfeaturevermillion, purple
    • v[adN]vermillion or purple silk [clothes]
    • vadNpurple
    • vibe vermillion, be purple
    赭  zhě OC:  MC: tɕɣɛ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNbrownish redDS
    • vibrownish red colour
    • vtoNcausativecause to be left brownish red
    騂  xīng OC: seŋ MC: siɛŋ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNred; red-furred
    • vibe red-furred
    纁  xūn OC: qhun MC: hi̯un 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNpurple; light red; brown
    • vibe purple; light red; brown
    赨  tóng OC: ɡ-luuŋ MC: duo̝ŋ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNred
    袾  zhū MC: trju OC: to 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadNredLZ
    酡  tuó OC: laal MC: dɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vichangeget red in the face after drinking wine
    雘  huò OC: qʷaaɡ MC: ʔɑk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nmSHANHAIJING: red dye (丹雘)
    韎  mèi OC: mreeds MC: mɣɛi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadNyellowish red
    赤紅  chì hóng OC: khjaɡ ɡooŋ MC: tɕhiɛk ɦuŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiintensitivebe all red, be glowing red
    紫金  zǐ jīn OC: tseʔ krɯm MC: tsiɛ kim 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNcrimson-golden
    縓  quán OC: skhon MC: tshiɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadNlight red; purple; orange
    赧  nǎn OC: rnaanʔ MC: ɳɣan 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viMENG 3B7: bright red, like a blush
    霞  xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viCC, yuanyou: faint red (as of clouds)
    騢  xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viERYA: reddish (as of the colour of reddish horses)
    驖  tiě OC: kh-liiɡ MC: thet 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viSHI: (of horses) black with an admixture of red
    殷  yān OC: qrɯɯn MC: ʔɣɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viZUO: very dark red
    瑕  xiá OC: ɡraa MC: ɦɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viSHUOWEN: faint red (as of faintly red jade)
    絳  jiàng OC: kruums MC: kɣɔŋ 0 Attributions

    Jiàng 絳 is very deep shiny red.

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

    wēn

      Syntactic words
    • vadNyellowish-red