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hóng — red

6 strokes · radical 纟 (silk thread) · HSK 2 · traditional 紅

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Where it comes from

The silk radical, 纟, is on the left because red was a dye colour before it was anything else. Red is the colour of luck: the envelope money is given in, the paper on the door, what a bride traditionally wears.

Words it turns up in

红包红色

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