Kanji
赤
kanji character
red
赤 kanji-赤 red
赤
Meaning
red
Readings
Kun'yomi
- あか じ (being in) the red
- あか い red
- あか がね copper (Cu)
- あかい
- あからむ
- あからめる
On'yomi
- せき はん red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
- せき ぐん Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946)
- せき がいせん infrared rays
- しゃく どう shakudo
- しゃく どういろ brown
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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赤 字 (being in) the red, deficit, red letter... -
赤 面 red face, villain (in kabuki, jōruri... -
赤 いred, crimson, scarlet... -
赤 金 red gold -
赤 red, crimson, scarlet... -
赤 んぼbaby, infant -
赤 ちゃんbaby, infant - まっ
赤 bright red, deep red, flushed (of face)... -
真 赤 bright red, deep red -
赤 ん坊 baby, infant -
赤 んぼうbaby, infant -
赤 道 non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing) -
真 っ赤 bright red, deep red, flushed (of face)... -
赤 飯 red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions -
赤 松 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine -
赤 色 red, red color (colour), communism... -
赤 軍 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946), Workers' and Peasants' Red Army... -
赤 旗 red flag, Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper) -
赤 外 線 infrared rays, infrared radiation -
赤 信 号 red light (traffic), red light, signal to stop... -
赤 毛 red hair, ginger hair -
赤 痢 dysentery -
赤 々bright red, bright -
赤 土 red clay, red earth, laterite... -
赤 身 red flesh (of a fish), red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna), lean meat... -
赤 潮 red tide -
赤 赤 bright red, bright -
赤 子 baby, subject, people -
赤 児 baby -
赤 紙 draft papers, call-up notice, red paper