zhě

reddish brown

Components
赤 meaning component

  Meaning component

chì

  

red

red

者 sound component

  Sound component

zhě

  

one who...

Evolution

赭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
赭 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
赭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhě

reddish brown; hematite; ochre; ocher

Most common words with 赭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

ocher

赭石

ocher (pigment)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tAʔ

tsyaeX

zhě

red earth; red pigment


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4789th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+8D6D

Shuowen

“赭,赤土也。从赤,者聲。”


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