赤

赤 — red

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 7
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #584 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: せき seki

しゃく shaku
Kun'yomi: あか aka

あか- aka-

あか.い aka.i

あか.らむ aka.ramu

あか.らめる aka.rameru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 赤

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