adjective #6,860

Meanings

  1. 1 grand
  2. 2 prominent
  3. 3 awe-inspiring

Characters

Composed of two (red) side by side

Examples

HSK 6
Hèhè-yǒumíng de jiāngjūn lái le.
The famous general arrived.
HSK 7-9
Tā de míngshēng xiǎnhè.
His reputation is illustrious.

Tips

usage
is rarely used alone. Common compounds: 显赫 (illustrious), 赫赫有名 (very famous), 赫然 (impressively). Also used in transliterated names like 赫尔辛基 (Helsinki).
memory
has two (red) radicals - doubly red, doubly brilliant and prominent.

Components

radical
chì
red; bare
Left - the indexing radical, original meaning red/crimson. The picture is of a great fire blazing red. Doubling here intensifies the brightness, the same way doubles to make 'forest.'
semantic
chì
red; bare
Right - duplicates the left, doubling the red intensity. Two flames side by side give the meaning of glowing, awe-inspiring brilliance. The reduplication mirrors compound chars like (flame, fire+fire) and (thorn, thorn+thorn).

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