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红hóng, gōng

red; popular; in favor; bonus; dividend

红 is the color on silk: red lights and red envelopes (红包), popularity, and dividends (分红).

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ZDIC: 形声，从纟、工声.

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红hóng, gōng

red; popular; in favor; bonus; dividend

红 is the color on silk: red lights and red envelopes (红包), popularity, and dividends (分红).

ZDIC: 形声，从纟、工声.

MEANING: THE SILK SIDE — DYED THREAD COLORS

纟sī

silk (from 糸)

The left-side silk form; not a standalone page.

In 红: meaning: the silk side — dyed thread colors Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.

SOUND SIDE: 工 (GŌNG)

工gōng

work; labor; skill

Standalone meaning is kept separate from its role in other characters.

In 红: sound side: 工 (gōng) hóng keeps the -ong of gōng; the initial differs.

hóngTone 2
  • red
  • popular; in favor
  • bonus; dividend
  • 红色hóngsèred (color)
  • 红灯hóngdēngred light
  • 红包hóngbāored envelope (money gift)
  • 分红fēnhóngto draw dividends
gōngTone 1literary; dictionary use
  • needlework (old, 同 工)

Listed in the ZDIC header as an old equivalence with 工 for women's textile work; not a modern common reading.

No common modern word is offered for this reading; the dictionary sense remains in Sources.

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