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Kanji: 赤

KANJI
7 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
あか
あか
あからむ
あからめる
 ON 音 
セキ
シャク
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
Look up a kanji:  
JLPT Level:
JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
あか
Meaning:
Red
Usage:
Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 600 kanji are used even more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(あか)
red
N5
(あか)
red
N4
(あか)(ぼう)
baby
N3
()()
deep red, flushed (of face)
N2
(せきどう)
equator
N1
(あかじ)
deficit, go in the red
N1
(あか)ちゃん
baby, infant
N1
(あか)らむ
to become red, to redden, to blush
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