红扑扑
hóng pū pū · HSK 7
red
🍎 红 = red; 扑扑 is a doubled intensifier suffix, so the whole = glowing red, rosy
红 means red. The reduplicated 扑扑 (pū pū) acts like an intensifier tacked onto color words, pushing 红 to a vivid, flushed shade. Compare 黑扑扑 or 热扑扑, where 扑扑 adds that same saturated, all-over quality.
红 — silk radical 糹/纟 + work 工 (phonetic)
红 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The silk radical 糹 (simplified 纟) signals the meaning, since the character originally referred to a kind of pink or light-red dyed silk. The right side 工 supplies the sound. Over time the meaning broadened from the dye color to 'red' in general.
扑 — hand radical 扌 + 卜 (bǔ, phonetic)
扑 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 卜 (bǔ) supplies the sound. The original meaning was to strike, hit, or pounce on something with the hand, later extended to flapping, beating, or rushing toward.
扑 — hand radical 扌 + 卜 (bǔ, phonetic)
扑 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 卜 (bǔ) supplies the sound. The original meaning was to strike, hit, or pounce on something with the hand, later extended to flapping, beating, or rushing toward.