• bright;
  • brilliant;
  • blazing red;

Etymology

A compound ideograph composed of:

+ — two instances of the character for “red.” The duplication emphasizes intense redness or brilliance, giving the meaning bright, blazing, or radiant.
Semantic development: - bright red color; - shining or blazing; - brilliant or illustrious (figurative).

Usage in Korean

혁혁 (赫赫) — brilliant; illustrious; splendid

혁혁한 공로 — outstanding achievements

Outside this expression, the character is rarely used in ordinary vocabulary and appears mainly in personal names.

Additional notes

In Korean, 赫 is frequently used in personal names, often read 혁 (Hyeok).

Aside from the word 혁혁 (赫赫), it rarely appears in everyday vocabulary.

Some Korean clans use 赫 as a generational name character (항렬자). For example, the Andong Kwon clan (안동 권씨) uses it for the 36th generation.

빛나다
binnada
hyeok
Kangxi radical:155, + 7
Strokes:14
Unicode:U+8D6B
Cangjie input:
  • 土金土中金 (GCGLC)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 赤 赤

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

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