Entry
  1. Noun

    pulp fiction; dime novel

  2. akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha)

    Colloquial

  3. storybook (with red cover, Edo period)

    see 草双紙

  4. Red Guide (Michelin)

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

red

Kun
あかあか-あか.いあか.らむあか.らめる
On
セキシャク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
584 of 2500
Radical
red
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

あこあま

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
3b4.10The Kanji Dictionary
4033.1, 4023.1Four corner code
1441deroo
8d64Unicode hex code
1-32-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4534Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5840New Nelson (John Haig)
2193New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2719Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1389Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1876Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1743Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1880Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
476A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
443Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
275Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36993Morohashi
46A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
207Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
207Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
35sakade
254Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
51henshall3
68Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
406crowley
46Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.2busy_people
1751Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1759Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chi4Pinyin reading
jeogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Kun
もと
On
ホン
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
10 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

まとごう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-3SKIP code
0a5.25The Kanji Dictionary
5023.0Four corner code
1855deroo
672cUnicode hex code
1-43-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2536New Nelson (John Haig)
3502New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4314Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2937Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
211Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
212Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14421Morohashi
70A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
25Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45sakade
61Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
76henshall3
47Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
6crowley
37Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
1046Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
215Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ben3Pinyin reading
bonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level