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The kanji 赤: meaning, readings and stroke order

赤

Meaning
red
On reading
セキ seki、シャク* shaku
Kun reading
あか aka、あか(い) akai、あか(らむ) akaramu、あか(らめる) akarameru
Strokes
7
Radical
赤 red, naked
Level
Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Stroke order of 赤, 7 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
màu đỏ (xích)
Japanese
あかい。
Korean
빨간색 (적)
Chinese
红色

Readings, words and example sentences

セキ seki · on reading

あか aka · kun reading

あか(い) akai · kun reading

あか(らむ) akaramu · kun reading · less common

あか(らめる) akarameru · kun reading · less common

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

Practise writing 赤 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 赤 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.