Character: 赬
Modern (Beijing) reading: chēng
Preclassic Old Chinese: threŋ
Classic Old Chinese: threŋ
Western Han Chinese: ṭheŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: ṭheŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṭheŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṭheŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṭheŋ
Middle Chinese: ṭheŋ
English meaning : be red
Russian meaning[s]: красный цвет
Shuowen gloss: 赤色也.從赤�聲.詩曰.魴魚赬尾.赬或從貞.或從丁. [492]
Comments: Shuowen considers the form with � in the right part to be basic, although it is probably secondary. One of a series of words meaning 'red' and beginning with a dental: cf. 赭 *taʔ 'red earth, red pigment', 丹 *tān 'vermilion, red'.
Radical: 155
Four-angle index: 7996
Karlgren code: 0834 m
Go-on: tiyau
Kan-on: tei
Japanese reading: tei;chō;aka;akai
Shijing occurrences: 10.3
