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绯

緋
fēi
adjective #93,023

Meanings

  1. 1 bright red; crimson

Examples

HSK 6
最近这位演员传出绯闻。
Zuìjìn zhè wèi yǎnyuán chuánchū fēiwén.
Recently the actor has been caught up in romantic gossip.
HSK 7-9
听到夸奖，她双颊绯红。
Tīngdào kuājiǎng, tā shuāngjiá fēihóng.
Hearing the praise, her cheeks flushed red.

Tips

usage
Two key compounds: 绯红 (crimson, often a blushing face) and 绯闻 (romantic scandal / love gossip about a public figure), the modern sense you will meet most in entertainment news.

Components

radical
纟 sī
silk radical
The side form of the silk radical 糸. Color words for fabric and dyed cloth take this radical; the original sense was red-dyed silk.
phonetic
非 fēi
not; wrong
Provides the sound, read 非 and unchanged here. It serves only as the phonetic cue, unrelated to its own meaning.

Stroke Order

绯 fēi