Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 赤

Modern (Beijing) reading: chì

Preclassic Old Chinese: khiak

Classic Old Chinese: khiak

Western Han Chinese: khiak

Eastern Han Chinese: khiak

Early Postclassic Chinese: khjek

Middle Postclassic Chinese: khjek

Late Postclassic Chinese: khjek

Middle Chinese: ćhek

English meaning : be red

Russian meaning[s]: 1) красный, алый; червонный (о золоте); 2) неподдельный, натуральный; искренний, горячий; откровенный; 3) нагой, голый; перен. новорожденный; 4) пустой; 5) истребить, уничтожить; 6) Чи (фамилия)

Comments: Perhaps related to 赫 *xrāk 'red' (q.v.), although loss of -r- here is hard to explain.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 155

Four-angle index: 8322

Karlgren code: 0793 a-c

Go-on: siyaku

Kan-on: seki

Japanese reading: seki;shaku;akai;akaramu;akarameru;aka

Jianchuan Bai: chɛ6

Dali Bai: cher6

Bijiang Bai: ṭhã6

Shijing occurrences: 41.3

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhia(k)

Meaning: red, black

Chinese: 赤 *khiak 'red'

Kachin: khje.33 'red'

Lushai: Mikir ik 'black'

Kiranti: *ké- (~χ-) 'black'

Comments: Cf. also Tani *kya, Rabha aka 'black'. Here probably also Gur. *k[a].2 'blood'.

Kiranti etymology :

Proto-Kiranti: *ké- (~χ-)

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Meaning: black

Sunwar: kjet

Tulung: kekem

Kaling: kekem

Comments: Could be also *kèk; S kjet may go back to *kek-et. Toba 87 *kekem.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 456

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 赤

MC description : 梗開三入昔昌

ZIHUI: 6375 0482

Beijing: c̣hî_ 3

Jinan: c̣hî_ 2

Xi'an: c̣hî_ 11

Taiyuan: chǝʔ 41

Hankou: chi_ 12

Chengdu: chi_ 12

Yangzhou: chǝʔ 4

Suzhou: chôʔ 41

Wenzhou: cheiʔ 41

Changsha: c̣hî_ 4

Shuangfeng: c̣hî_ 12

Nanchang: chǝt 41 (lit.); chak 41

Meixian: chak 41

Guangzhou: čîk 43

Xiamen: chiaʔ 41

Chaozhou: chiaʔ 41

Fuzhou: cheiʔ 41 (lit.); chie 41

Shanghai: chôʔ 4

Zhongyuan yinyun: čhi 42

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