赤 – red

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The kanji 赤 means red. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セキ、シャク (seki, shaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あか、あか-、あか.い、あか.らむ、あか.らめる (aka, aka, akai, akaramu, akarameru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 赤 (no. 155).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セキ	seki
On’yomi	シャク	shaku
Kun’yomi	あか	aka
Kun’yomi	あか-	aka
Kun’yomi	あか.い	akai
Kun’yomi	あか.らむ	akaramu
Kun’yomi	あか.らめる	akarameru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 赤 (Kangxi radical 155). Components: 土.

Words using 赤

赤あかred赤いあかいred赤ん坊あかんぼうbaby赤ちゃんあかちゃんbaby真っ赤まっかbright red赤道せきどうequator赤字あかじ(being in) the red赤らむあからむto become red

Example sentences

信号機が赤の間は道路を渡るな。

Don't cross the road when the signal is red.

Tatoeba #145704

サダムが脅威でないなどと言うのは、赤がかった反戦運動の人達くらい。

It's only the anti-war pinkos who say things like Saddam isn't a threat.

Tatoeba #74141

彼女は赤いスカートをはいていた。

She was wearing a red skirt.

Tatoeba #88306

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