chì = ch + Ø4
red / scarlet / bare / naked
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How to pronounce 赤

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ch initial

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

赤 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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= y + Ø4
also
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Characters with 赤 as component

= h + e4
surname He
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= h + e4
awe-inspiring / abbr. for 赫茲|赫兹[he4 zi1], hertz (Hz)
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hǎo = h + ao3
ancient place name / surname Hao
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Words with 赤

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naked / bare
bare / naked / (fig.) plain / undisguised / unadorned
empty hand, empty fist (idiom); having nothing to rely on / unarmed and defenseless

Sentences with 赤

赤 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

chì

red / scarlet / bare / naked

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