Where does “紅色” come from?

紅色 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 紅, from Middle Chinese 紅.

紅色 (Japanese): the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards...

Definitions

  1. the color crimson, a vivid red edging towards...

Ancestry of “紅色”, step by step

紅色 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesethe color crimson, a vivid red edging towards...
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesecolor
2Middle Chinese

via Middle Chinese 紅色

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese紅色
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