Red in Chinese (Mandarin): 红色 (hóngsè)
红色
hóngsè
red
- Simplified
- 红色
- Traditional
- 紅色
- Pinyin
- hóngsè
- Typed as
- hongse
Use it in a sentence
苹果是红色的。
蘋果是紅色的。
The apple is red.
The characters in 红色
红 / 紅
Red. 纟 (silk) is on the left, because colors were first named for dyed silk.
6 strokes
色
Color.
6 strokes
Colors end in 色 (sè, color), which drops before a noun: 红花 (hóng huā) is a red flower. In China, red stands for luck and happiness.
More examples with 红色
我喜欢红色。
我喜歡紅色。
Wǒ xǐhuan hóngsè.
I like red.
她穿红色的衣服。
她穿紅色的衣服。
Tā chuān hóngsè de yīfu.
She wears red clothes.
How to write 红色 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
红 6 strokes
色 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
紅 9 strokes
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