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红 — red; popular; revolutionary

red; popular; revolutionary; bonus

Pinyin
hóng · gōng · Hóng
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — hóng, gōng, Hóng — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 红: 6 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

红 — 6 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 红 in the HSK syllabus: 16

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 红茶hóngcháblack teaHSK 2
  2. 红色hóngsèred; revolutionaryHSK 2
  3. 红绿灯hóng-lǜdēngtraffic light; traffic signalHSK 3
  4. 红包hóngbāomoney wrapped in red as a gift; bonus paymentHSK 4
  5. 西红柿xīhóngshìtomatoHSK 4
  6. 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary; bonusHSK 5
  7. 分红fēnhóngdividend; to award a bonusHSK 7–9
  8. 红火hónghuoprosperousHSK 7–9
  9. 红利hónglìbonus; dividendHSK 7–9
  10. 红扑扑hóngpūpūred; rosy; flushedHSK 7–9
  11. 红润hóngrùnruddy; rosy; floridHSK 7–9
  12. 红薯hóngshǔsweet potatoHSK 7–9
  13. 面红耳赤miànhóng-ěrchìflushed with angerHSK 7–9
  14. 通红tōnghóngvery red; red through and through; to blushHSK 7–9
  15. 眼红yǎnhóngto covet; envious; jealous; green with envyHSK 7–9
  16. 朱红zhūhóngvermilionHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.