surname Hong
red / popular / revolutionary / bonus

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a little red book.

Helga Horse (hu) is reading the little red book (红) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2), when she discovers that it is being eaten by a silk worm (纟). She overreacts a little and wants to beat the silk worm with a steel beam (工).

红 character breakdown

work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam.

Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

Characters with 红 as component

used in 葒草|荭草[hong2 cao3]

Words with 红

to covet / envious / jealous / green with envy / infuriated / furious
to turn red / to blush / to flush
(bird species of China) sooty-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk) / disillusioned with human society / to reject the world for a monastic life
to become suddenly popular / suddenly all the rage
(bird species of China) rosy minivet (Pericrocotus roseus)
(bird species of China) rosy starling (Pastor roseus)
(bird species of China) roseate tern (Sterna dougallii)
(bird species of China) rosy pipit (Anthus roseatus)
(bird species of China) Asian rosy finch (Leucosticte arctoa)
home run (loanword) / a big hit (hugely popular) (Tw)
name of the flag of the People's Republic of China
the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs
(bird species of China) red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc)
a bonus issue (a form of dividend payment)
(bird species of China) white-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps)

Sentences with 红

nǐ
kàn
 
 
nà
shǎn
shǎn
hóng
xiá
 
 
jiù
shì
táo
yuán