红曲 Traditional form: 紅曲 Pinyin (reading): hóngqū Definitions: red food dye made from yeast Characters: 红 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false Traditional characters: 紅 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false