赤 (cek3 cik3 | chi4) : red; naked; loyal; aching; icy

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赤

cek3 cik3

chi4

[1] red; crimson; revolutionary
[2] bare; naked; desolate
[3] loyal; sincere; pure
[] [粵] aching; painful; hurtful | [國] 疼
[] [粵] icy; freezing; biting | [華] 冰涼

Jyutping cik3 is literary reading; cek3 is colloquial.

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: (#155)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

赤

This word has been viewed 9921 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Sep 2013 05:51

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肉赤 juk6 cek3 rou4 chi4 = painfully upset; feel distressed 粵

赤道 cek3 dou6 chi4 dao4 = the Equator

赤裸裸 cek3 lo2 lo2 chi4 luo3 luo3 = bare; naked; in the buff; starkers; au naturel

赤字 cek3 zi6 chi4 zi4 = in the red; in deficit

赤鱲角 cek3 laap6 gok3 chi4 lie4 jiao3 = Chek Lap Kok

赤鱲 cek3 laap6 chi4 lie4 = red perch

赤柬 cek3 gaan2 = Red Cambodia

赤柱 cek3 cyu5 chi4 zhu4 = Chek Chu; Stanley, an Hong Kong district

頭赤赤 tau4 cek3 cek3 = headache; sore head; feeling a bit dizzy 粵

赤貧 cik3 pan4 = destitute (very poor)
See all 35 compounds (CantoDict reports 36 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 赤

我花呢筆錢唔會覺得肉赤。粵
I don't feel any pain in spending this amount of money.

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Unicode code for this character: U+8d64 (off-site link)

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