赤

chì

red

scarlet; bare; naked

earth (土) + fire (火) = red, scorched, bare

Earth scorched by fire turns red — the color of burnt soil and exposed flame. This pairing also extends to nakedness, the idea of being stripped bare, as raw as the earth itself.

土+火→赤
土EarthSemantic
火FireSemantic

他赤着脚走在沙滩上。

tā chì zhe jiǎo zǒu zài shā tān shàng。

he walked barefoot on the beach.

夕阳把天空染成了赤红色。

xī yáng bǎ tiān kōng rǎn chéng le chì hóng sè。

the setting sun dyed the sky a scarlet red.

Words with 赤

赤膊

chì bó

bare to the waist

面红耳赤

miàn hóng ěr chì

flushed with anger (or excitement)

赤峰市

chì fēng shì

Chifeng, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

努尔哈赤

nǔ ěr hā chì

Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)

赤足

chì zú

barefoot

赤壁市

chì bì shì

Chibi, a county-level city in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市[Xian2 ning2 Shi4], Hubei

达鲁花赤

dá lǔ huā chì

Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times

金无足赤

jīn wú zú chì

not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect

黄赤色

huáng chì sè

golden colored

反赤道流

fǎn chì dào liú

equatorial counter current

天球赤道

tiān qiú chì dào

celestial equator

天行赤眼

tiān xíng chì yǎn

acute contagious conjunctivitis (TCM)

More characters with 土

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