Moto 赤: RedKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セキ、シャク
- Kun'yomi
- あか、あか-、あか(い)、あか(らむ)、あか(らめる)
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 449 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セキ・シャク)
- 赤軍せきぐんRed Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
- 赤外線せきがいせんinfrared rays; infrared radiation
- 赤道せきどうequator
- 赤痢せきりdysentery
- 赤血球せっけっきゅうred blood cell; erythrocyte
- 赤面せきめんblushing; getting red in the face
- 赤飯せきはんred rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
- アメーバ赤痢アメーバせきりamoebic dysentery; amebic dysentery
- 七赤しちせきseventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
- 北赤道海流きたせきどうかいりゅうNorth Equatorial Current
- 国際赤十字こくさいせきじゅうじInternational Red Cross
- 大人は赤子の心を失わずたいじんはせきしのこころをうしなわずgreat human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people
- 大赤斑だいせきはん(Jupiter's) Great Red Spot
- 天の赤道てんのせきどうcelestial equator
- 巨赤芽球きょせきがきゅうmegaloblast
- 巨赤芽球性貧血きょせきがきゅうせいひんけつmegaloblastic anemia
- 引赤いんせきrubefaction (reddening of the skin)
- 引赤薬いんせきやくrubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)
- 明赤色めいせきしょくbright red
- 暗赤色あんせきしょくdark red
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 赤字あかじ(being in) the red; deficit
- 赤ちゃんあかちゃんbaby; infant
- 赤松あかまつJapanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine
- 赤ん坊あかんぼうbaby; infant
- 赤いあかいred; crimson
- 赤信号あかしんごうred light (traffic)
- 赤旗あかはたred flag
- 赤色あかいろred; red color (colour)
- 赤あかred; crimson
- 赤土あかつちred clay; tuff loam
- 赤地あかじred cloth; red background
- 赤子あかごbaby
- 赤毛あかげred hair; ginger hair
- 赤潮あかしおred tide
- 赤紙あかがみdraft papers; call-up notice
- 赤茶けるあかちゃけるto turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous
- 赤身あかみred flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna)
- アメリカ赤鹿アメリカあかしかelk (Cervus canadensis); wapiti
- カドミウム赤カドミウムあかcadmium red
- ヨーロッパ赤松ヨーロッパあかまつScots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
- 人の花は赤いひとのはなはあかいthe grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder
- 喉赤蜂鳥のどあかはちどりruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
- 大赤字おおあかじbeing greatly in the red; taking a big loss
- 対日貿易赤字たいにちぼうえきあかじtrade deficit with Japan
- 対日赤字たいにちあかじtrade deficit with Japan
- 小型赤家蚊こがたあかいえかCulex tritaeniorhynchus (species of mosquito)
Other readings
- 真っ赤まっかbright red; deep red
- 赤々あかあかbright red; bright
- まっ赤まっかbright red; deep red
- まっ赤っ赤まっかっかvery bright red; deep red
- まっ赤なウソまっかなうそcomplete lie; outright lie
- まっ赤な嘘まっかなうそcomplete lie; outright lie
- アメーバー赤痢アメーバせきりamoebic dysentery; amebic dysentery
- 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子ていしゅのすきなあかえぼしeven an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
- 北国赤海老ほっこくあかえびnorthern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp
- 大赤啄木鳥おおあかげらwhite-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
- 太平洋赤坊擬たいへいようあかぼうもどきLongman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale
- 小赤啄木鳥こあかげらlesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
- 日本赤蛙にほんあかがえるJapanese brown frog (Rana japonica)
- 日本赤軍にほんせきぐんJapanese Red Army; JRA
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