赤 – vocab dash

Keyword

red

Frequency: #584
Strokes: 7
Grade: 1
JLPT (old): N3
Heisig: 1880

Readings

あか56%

セキ44%

Mnemonic

In a murder-mystery game, one bloody knife prop drips fake blood across the white tablecloth, turning it red before dinner.

Stroke order

Composed of

一one 亦bloody knife

Used in kanji

赦pardon 郝surname 赧get red 赫incandescent 赬deep red 赭red 頳red

Used in vocabulary

赤あか

red; crimson; scarlet; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; complete; total; perfect; …

Noun

赤あか字じ

(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

Noun

赤あかちゃん

baby; infant

Noun

赤あかい

red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion

I-adjective

赤あか金がね

copper (Cu)

Noun

赤あか松まつ

Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine

Noun

真まっ赤か

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

Na-adjective

赤あか色いろ

red; red color

Noun

赤あかん坊ぼう

baby; infant

Noun

赤せき外がい線せん

infrared rays; infrared radiation

Noun

赤せき軍ぐん

Japanese Red Army; JRA

Noun

赤あか茶ちゃける

to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured

Ichidan verb

赤せき道どう

equator; (celestial) equator

Noun

赤あか旗はた

red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)

Noun

赤あか信しん号ごう

red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger

Noun

赤あかワイン

red wine

Noun

赤あか子ご

baby; infant

Noun

赤せき子し

baby; subject; people

Noun

赤あか毛げ

red hair; ginger hair

Noun

赤せき面めん

blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment

Noun

赤あか面つら

red face; villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)

Noun

赤あか々あか

bright red; bright

Adverb

赤せき十じゅう字じ

Red Cross

Noun

赤せき飯はん

red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

Noun