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Kanji Grade 1 - 赤

Kanji character Grade 1 赤. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 1 - 赤
 
About
red
Kun: あか、 あか-、 あか.い、 あか.らむ、 あか.らめる
On: セキ、 シャク
7 strokes
Radical: red, naked 赤
Parts: 土 赤
 
Onyomi
赤軍 【セキグン】 Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946), Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
七赤 【シチセキ】 seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
発赤 【ホッセキ】 rubefaction (reddening of the skin)
赤銅 【シャクドウ】 shakudo, gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
赤銅色 【シャクドウイロ】 brown, tanned
 
Kunyomi
赤 【あか】 red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange), Red (i.e. communist), red light (traffic), red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red, complete, total, perfect, obvious, copper, red 5-point card
紅赤 【べにあか】 bright red tinged with yellow, variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)
真赤 【まあか】 bright red, deep red
赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, vermillion, Red, communist, beautiful
赤色 【あかいろ】 red, red color (colour), red-colored, red, communism, the left
赤らむ 【あからむ】 to become red, to redden, to blush
赤らめる 【あからめる】 to blush, to redden