赤

chì

adjective #6,412

Meanings

1 red
2 bare
3 naked
4 loyal

Characters

red; bare; loyal

Examples

他赤脚走在沙滩上。

Tā chìjiǎo zǒu zài shātān shang.

He walked barefoot on the beach.

赤道附近的国家很热。

Chìdào fùjìn de guójiā hěn rè.

Countries near the equator are very hot.

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usage

赤 has multiple uses: 赤脚 (barefoot), 赤字 (deficit, lit. 'red character'), 赤道 (equator, lit. 'red path'), 赤裸裸 (stark naked / blatant). It's more literary than 红 for 'red'.

history

赤壁 (Chìbì, Red Cliffs) is one of the most famous battles in Chinese history, from the Three Kingdoms period (208 AD).

Stroke Order

赤 chì