红

紅
gōng
#502 most
frequent character
used in 女紅|女红[nu:3gong1]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

红 has 纟 silk threads as its meaning part and 工 gōng as its sound part. It first meant 'pale red silk', then grew to the color red, and later to 'communist'.

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