Character: 赤
Modern (Beijing) reading: chì
Preclassic Old Chinese: khiak
Classic Old Chinese: khiak
Western Han Chinese: khiak
Eastern Han Chinese: khiak
Early Postclassic Chinese: khjek
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khjek
Late Postclassic Chinese: khjek
Middle Chinese: ćhek
English meaning : be red
Russian meaning[s]: 1) красный, алый; червонный (о золоте); 2) неподдельный, натуральный; искренний, горячий; откровенный; 3) нагой, голый; перен. новорожденный; 4) пустой; 5) истребить, уничтожить; 6) Чи (фамилия)
Comments: Perhaps related to 赫 *xrāk 'red' (q.v.), although loss of -r- here is hard to explain.
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Number: 456
Character: 赤
MC description : 梗開三入昔昌
ZIHUI: 6375 0482
Beijing: c̣hî_ 3
Jinan: c̣hî_ 2
Xi'an: c̣hî_ 11
Taiyuan: chǝʔ 41
Hankou: chi_ 12
Chengdu: chi_ 12
Yangzhou: chǝʔ 4
Suzhou: chôʔ 41
Wenzhou: cheiʔ 41
Changsha: c̣hî_ 4
Shuangfeng: c̣hî_ 12
Nanchang: chǝt 41 (lit.); chak 41
Meixian: chak 41
Guangzhou: čîk 43
Xiamen: chiaʔ 41
Chaozhou: chiaʔ 41
Fuzhou: cheiʔ 41 (lit.); chie 41
Shanghai: chôʔ 4
Zhongyuan yinyun: čhi 42
Radical: 155
Four-angle index: 8322
Karlgren code: 0793 a-c
Go-on: siyaku
Kan-on: seki
Japanese reading: seki;shaku;akai;akaramu;akarameru;aka
Jianchuan Bai: chɛ6
Dali Bai: cher6
Bijiang Bai: ṭhã6
Shijing occurrences: 41.3