Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Esp. 紅い for scarlet, 朱い for vermilion
red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion
Colloquial
Red; communist
Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
red; crimson; scarlet
Common noun
red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
Colloquial; Common noun; Often written as アカ
Red (i.e. communist)
Abbreviation; Common noun
red light (traffic)
Abbreviation; Common noun
red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
complete; total; perfect; obvious
赤 only; Abbreviation; Common noun
copper
Abbreviation; Common noun; Hanafuda
red 5-point card
Historical term
shu; unit of weight, 1/24th of a ryō
Historical term
shu; Edo-period unit of currency, 1/16th of a ryō
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; red orange
vermillion (pigment)
cinnabar ink stick
correction written in red ink
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
to turn red
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)
Astronomy
seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.
Constituents
The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.
Mnemonic Stories
At the end of autumn, only one vermilion leaf has not yet fallen.
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