懂中文 Dong Chinese

緋

fēi

scarlet

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

非 sound component

非  Sound component

fēi

  

not

Evolution

緋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
緋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

绯 (緋) 

fēi

scarlet, dark red, crimson; purple; dark red; purple silk

Most common words with 緋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

绯闻

sex scandal

绯

dark red

绯红

crimson