This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セキ、シャク、あか、あか-、あか.い、あか.らむ、あか.らめる
Romaji: seki, shaku, aka, aka-, aka.i, aka.ramu, aka.rameru
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: あ、あこ、あま
Romaji: a, ako, ama
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Romaji

Meaning

red

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  155
Frequency:  584
Grade:  1
Skip Pattern:  2-3-4
Korean Reading:  jeog
Chinese Reading:  chi4
Unicode:  8d64
JIS:  4056

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2193
Nelson Index: 4534
New Nelson Index: 5840
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b4.10
Four Corner Index: 4023.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 46
Gakken Index: 476
Japanese Names Index: 443
Daikanwanjiten Index: 36993
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0809
Remembering the kanji Index: 1743
Busy People Index: 2.2
Kanji Way Index: 406
Kanji Flashcards Index: 254
Kodansha Compact Index: 1751
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 51
Kanji in Context Index: 46
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1389
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1876
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1759
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1880
Essential Kanji Index: 275
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2719
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1441
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 35
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 68

Words

(あか)
red; crimson; scarlet; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light; red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; complete; total; perfect; obvious; copper
赤色 (せきしょく、あかいろ)
red
赤軍 (せきぐん)
Red Army
赤松 (あかまつ)
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
赤ちゃん (あかちゃん)
baby; infant
赤い (あかい)
red; Red (i.e. communist)
赤字 (あかじ)
deficit; (being in or going into) the red; red text; red letters; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
赤外線 (せきがいせん)
infrared rays
赤十字 (せきじゅうじ)
Red Cross
赤道 (せきどう)
equator
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