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赤

red
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingセキ、シャク
Kun readingあか、あか-、あか.い、あか.らむ、あか.らめる
JōyōGrade 1
  1. crimson
  2. scarlet
  3. red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
  4. red (i.e. communist)

Popular Usage

赤い赤ん坊赤道赤字赤らむ赤ちゃん

Radicals and components

Radical赤redComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · sword (刀) · dagger (刀) · small (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1880

Compound words

赤いあかい
red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion; Red
赤ん坊あかんぼう
baby; infant
赤道せきどう
equator; (celestial) equator
赤字あかじ
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
赤ちゃんあかちゃん
baby; infant
赤軍せきぐん
Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army; Japanese Red Army; JRA
赤飯せきはん
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
赤面せきめん
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
赤痢せきり
dysentery
赤色あかいろ
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
赤旗あかはた
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
赤松あかまつ
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
真っ赤まっか
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete
赤外線せきがいせん
infrared rays; infrared radiation
赤信号あかしんごう
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

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