EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    red; red color

    この赤色で柄全体がだいなしだ。
    The red kills the whole pattern.
  2. Noun or verb acting prenominally

    communist; socialist; left-wing

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Characters in this word

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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

color

Kun
いろ
On
ショクシキ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
621 of 2500
Radical
color
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

しかしこ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-4SKIP code
2n4.1The Kanji Dictionary
2771.7Four corner code
2556deroo
8272Unicode hex code
1-31-07JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3889Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4956New Nelson (John Haig)
2029New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2522Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1280Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1748Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1753Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1890Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
345Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
241Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30602Morohashi
145A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
204Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
204Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
94sakade
243Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
162henshall3
127Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
405crowley
316Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
1599Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1769Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
se4, shai3Pinyin reading
saegKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level