Definitions
deep red
Etymology
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The character 赪 is a phono-semantic compound meaning a light red or reddish color. Its left side is the semantic radical 赤 (chì), which indicates the color category, while the right side is the phonetic component 贞 (zhēn). The original definition referred to a specific red hue, often likened to the color of certain fish or a flushed face. The traditional form 赬 uses the unsimplified phonetic component 貞, maintaining the same structure and meaning.
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