1233/2000JLPT: N2School Grade: 6th gradeThis character is a combination of 糸 thread and 工 work. One
1233/2000JLPT: N2School Grade: 6th gradeThis character is a combination of 糸 thread and 工 work. One explanation is that 工 is being used to express the meaning of 烘, due to them both having the same on’yomi, コウ. 烘 means roast or bake, but also can has a meaning of “bonfire/campfire.” Here, it is being used to express “red like fire.” Combined with 糸, it gives “threads/cloth dyed red.”Another theory is that 工 is working phonetically to express “pink,” and possibly also the idea of a “process.” Together with 糸, this gives “(processed/dyed) pink threads.” Over time it came to mean “pink” in general, and then eventually “red/crimson/rouge.” -- source link
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