Characters › 红
6 strokes · radical 纟 (silk thread) · HSK 2 · traditional 紅
9 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 红
How it is used
The silk radical, 纟, is on the left because red was a dye colour before it was anything else. Red is the colour of luck: the envelope money is given in, the paper on the door, what a bride traditionally wears.
Custom and usage, in the settings where it applies.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
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hóng — red
Radical 纟 (silk thread) · 6 strokes · HSK 2 · traditional 紅
9 strokes · HSK 2 · simplified 红
How it is usedThe silk radical, 纟, is on the left because red was a dye colour before it was anything else. Red is the colour of luck: the envelope money is given in, the paper on the door, what a bride traditionally wears.