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赤 - chì

red; scarlet; bare

red; scarlet; bare

How to read 赤

Click 赤 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinchì
Englishred; scarlet; bare
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

赤佬 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 赤兔. Please read 赤匪 one more time.

Common words with this character

scoundrel; rascal
Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] in the Three Kingdoms era
red bandit or Chinese communist )
see 赤坎區|赤坎区[Chi4 kan3 Qu1]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 赤 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 赤佬 and 赤兔 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 赤.