赤

See also: 亦

赤 U+8D64, 赤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D64
← 赣
[U+8D63] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 赥 →
[U+8D65]

⾚ U+2F9A, ⾚
KANGXI RADICAL RED
← ⾙
[U+2F99] 		Kangxi Radicals ⾛ →
[U+2F9B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

赤 (Kangxi radical 155, 赤+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土中弓金 (GLNC), four-corner 40331, composition ⿱土⿻小丿(GTJKV) or ⿱土⿰𬼀𰍨(GTJKV) or ⿱土⿻小丨(H))

  1. Kangxi radical #155, ⾚.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1213, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36993
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1680, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3506, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8D64

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 赤
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (赤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
浾 *sqraː
嚇 *qʰraːɡs, *qʰraːɡ
赦 *hljaɡs
郝 *qʰljaɡ, *kʰljaɡ, *hljaɡ
赫 *qʰraːɡ
爀 *qʰraːɡ
赤 *kʰljaɡ
烾 *kʰljaɡ
螫 *qʰjaːɡ
赥 *qʰleːɡ
捇 *qʰʷreːɡ
焃 *qʰʷreːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 大 (“person, big”) + 火 (“fire”) – the color of fire (a person by a fire). The original version is 𤆍.

The man on top is simplified as 土 as in 去 and 走 (< 𧺆). The fire is stylized as well, but an intermediate and obsolete variant is 灻.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 赤
alternative forms 灻
𤆍
烾 ancient
刺 Hokkien

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qrak (“blood; red”), whence Tibetan ཁྲག (khrag, “blood”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007). Related to 赫 (OC *qʰraːɡ, “bright red”) and possibly 奭 (OC *hjaɡ, “majestic; red”).

Pronunciation

Note: cik3 - literary.
Note: ciak1 - in 赤坎.
  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: ciit6 / cah6
      • Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/, /t͡sʰaʔ⁵/
Note:
  • ciit6 - literary;
  • cah6 - vernacular.
Note:
  • chiáh - vernacular (“red and bright” (of gold));
  • chék - literary.
Note:
  • cia6/cie6 - vernacular;
  • cih6 - literary.
Note:
  • chhiah - vernacular (“red; to be naked; lean; to brown; fierce and unreasonable; poor”);
  • chhek/chhiak - literary.
Note:
  • qia7 - vernacular;
  • qig4 - literary.
Note:
  • Northern:
    • 7tshaq - vernacular;
    • 7tsheq/7tsheoq/7chiq - literary.
    • Xiang
      • (Changsha)
        • Wiktionary: chr6
        • Sinological IPA (key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/
        • Sinological IPA (key) (new-style): /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
    Rime
    Character 赤
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
    Final (韻) 昔 (123)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 昌石切
    Baxter tsyhek
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/cʰiajk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		chi
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		cik1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 赤
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		chì
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tsyhek ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[t-qʰ](r)Ak/
    English red

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 赤
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 1477
    Phonetic
    component         		赤
    Rime
    group         		鐸
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		尺
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kʰljaɡ/

    Definitions

    赤

    1. (literary or poetic) red, crimson
      赤字  ―  chìzì  ―  deficit (literally, “red figures/numbers”)
      赤色的晚霞  ―  chìsè de wǎnxiá  ―  red sunset clouds
    2. (Teochew) brown
    3. loyal; sincere
      赤忱  ―  chìchén  ―  absolutely sincere
    4. empty; bare
      赤貧／赤贫  ―  chìpín  ―  utterly destitute
      赤手空拳  ―  chìshǒukōngquán  ―  with bare hands and fists
    5. to be naked
      赤腳／赤脚  ―  chìjiǎo  ―  to be barefoot
    6. (politics) revolutionary; communist; red
      赤化  ―  chìhuà  ―  to communize; to turn Red
    7. pure gold
    8. (Hokkien) lean (of meat)
    9. (Hokkien) to brown (to cook something until it becomes brown)
    10. (Hokkien) fierce and unreasonable; tough and unable to talk sense (especially of a woman)
    11. (Mainland China Hokkien) poor; impoverished
    Synonyms
    • (red):
    Dialectal synonyms of 紅 (“red”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 赤, 紅, 彤
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 紅
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 紅
    Taiwan 紅
    Chifeng 紅
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 紅
    Harbin 紅
    Shenyang 紅
    Malaysia 紅
    Singapore 紅
    Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 紅
    Tangshan 紅
    Cangzhou 紅
    Baoding 紅
    Shijiazhuang 紅
    Jinan 紅
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 紅
    Qingdao 紅
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 紅
    Wanrong 紅
    Zhengzhou 紅
    Xi'an 紅
    Xining 紅
    Xuzhou 紅
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 紅
    Lanzhou 紅
    Ürümqi 紅
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 紅
    Chongqing 紅
    Wuhan 紅
    Guiyang 紅
    Kunming 紅
    Guilin 紅
    Liuzhou 紅
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 紅
    Yangzhou 紅
    Nantong 紅
    Hefei 紅
    Cantonese Guangzhou 紅
    Hong Kong 紅
    Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 紅
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 紅
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 紅
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 紅
    Macau 紅
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 紅
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 紅
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 紅
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 紅
    Foshan 紅
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 紅
    Foshan (Shunde) 紅
    Foshan (Sanshui) 紅
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 紅
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 紅
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 紅
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 紅
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 紅
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 紅
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 紅
    Taishan 紅
    Kaiping (Chikan) 紅
    Enping (Niujiang) 紅
    Heshan (Yayao) 紅
    Dongguan 紅
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 紅
    Yangjiang 紅
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 紅
    Singapore (Guangfu) 紅
    Gan Nanchang 紅
    Lichuan 紅
    Pingxiang 紅
    Hakka Meixian 紅
    Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 紅
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 紅
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 紅
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 紅
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 紅
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 紅
    Wengyuan 紅
    Liannan 紅
    Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 紅
    Jiexi 紅
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 紅
    Changting 紅
    Wuping (Yanqian) 紅
    Ninghua 紅
    Yudu 紅
    Ningdu 紅
    Tonggu (Sandu) 紅
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 紅
    Dayu 紅
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 紅
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 紅
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 紅
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 紅
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 紅
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 紅
    Hong Kong 紅
    Mengshan (Xihe) 紅
    Luchuan 紅
    Senai (Huiyang) 紅
    Kuching (Hepo) 紅
    Huizhou Jixi 紅
    Shexian 紅
    Jin Taiyuan 紅
    Xinzhou 紅
    Linhe 紅
    Jining 紅
    Hohhot 紅
    Zhangjiakou 紅
    Handan 紅
    Northern Min Jian'ou 紅
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 紅
    Southern Min Xiamen 紅
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 紅
    Quanzhou 紅
    Yongchun 紅
    Zhangzhou 紅
    Zhao'an 紅
    Taipei (Wanhua) 紅
    Kaohsiung 紅
    Yilan 紅
    Changhua (Lukang) 紅
    Taichung 紅
    Taichung (Wuqi) 紅
    Tainan 紅
    Taitung 紅
    Hsinchu 紅
    Penghu (Magong) 紅
    Penang (Hokkien) 紅
    Singapore (Hokkien) 紅
    Manila (Hokkien) 紅
    Chaozhou 紅
    Shantou 紅
    Shantou (Chenghai) 紅
    Jieyang 紅
    Haifeng 紅
    Bangkok (Teochew) 紅
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 紅
    Singapore (Teochew) 紅
    Leizhou 紅
    Wenchang 紅
    Haikou 紅
    Singapore (Hainanese) 紅
    Shaojiang Min Shaowu 赤
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 紅
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 紅
    Shehua Fu'an 赤
    Fuding 赤
    Luoyuan 赤
    Sanming 紅
    Shunchang 紅
    Hua'an 紅
    Guixi (Zhangping) 紅
    Cangnan 赤
    Jingning (Hexi) 赤
    Lishui 赤
    Longyou 赤
    Chaozhou 紅
    Fengshun 紅
    Wu Shanghai 紅
    Shanghai (Chongming) 紅
    Suzhou 紅
    Danyang 紅
    Hangzhou 紅
    Shaoxing 紅
    Ningbo 紅
    Wenzhou 紅
    Jinhua 紅
    Xiang Changsha 紅
    Loudi 紅
    Hengyang 紅
    • (poor):
    Dialectal synonyms of 貧窮 (“poor; impoverished; poverty-striken”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 貧, 窮
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 窮, 貧窮, 窮困, 貧困, 赤貧, 貧乏, 貧苦, 貧寒, 苦寒
    Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 窮, 貧窮
    Singapore 窮, 貧窮, 窮苦
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 窮
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 窮
    Wanrong 窮
    Xi'an 窮
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 窮
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 苦寒
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 窮
    Cantonese Guangzhou 窮
    Hong Kong 窮
    Taishan 窮
    Gan Nanchang 窮
    Pingxiang 窮
    Hakka Meixian 窮
    Jin Taiyuan 窮
    Northern Min Jian'ou 窮無
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 窮
    Southern Min Xiamen 宋凶, 㾪赤, 窮㾪, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
    Quanzhou 宋凶, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
    Hui'an 窮赤
    Zhangzhou 宋凶, 散, 散赤, 赤, 䆀空, 無空
    Tainan 散, 散赤, 散食, 散凶, 窮赤, 窮散, 窮苦
    Manila (Hokkien) 窮, 無錢, 宋凶
    Raoping 磽
    Shantou 窮, 磽
    Jieyang 窮, 磽
    Leizhou 窮, 蒯
    Wu Shanghai 窮
    Suzhou 窮
    Danyang 窮
    Hangzhou 窮
    Jinhua 倒灶

    Compounds

    Descendants

    • → Proto-Mien: *sekᴰ (“red”)

    Etymology 2

    simp. and trad.
    		 赤
    alternative forms 𣤩

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From 刺?”)

    Pronunciation

    Definitions

    赤

    1. (Cantonese) painful; aching
      頭赤／头赤 [Cantonese]  ―  tau4 cek3 [Jyutping]  ―  to have a headache
    Synonyms
    Dialectal synonyms of 疼 (“painful”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 痛, 疼1, 疼痛
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 疼1
    Taiwan 痛
    Chifeng 疼1
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 疼1, 痛
    Harbin 疼1
    Shenyang 疼1, 痛
    Malaysia 痛, 疼1
    Singapore 痛
    Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 疼1
    Tangshan 疼1
    Cangzhou 疼1
    Baoding 疼1
    Shijiazhuang 疼1, 痛
    Jinan 疼1
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 痛
    Qingdao 疼1
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 疼1
    Wanrong 疼1
    Zhengzhou 疼1
    Xi'an 疼1
    Xining 疼1
    Xuzhou 疼1
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 疼1
    Lanzhou 疼1
    Ürümqi 疼1
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 痛, 疼1
    Chongqing 痛
    Wuhan 疼1
    Guiyang 痛
    Kunming 疼1, 痛
    Guilin 痛
    Liuzhou 痛
    Dagudi (Maliba) 疼1
    Reshuitang (Longling) 疼1
    Mae Salong (Lancang) 疼1
    Mae Sai (Tengchong) 疼1
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 疼1
    Yangzhou 疼1, 痛
    Nantong 疼1, 痛
    Hefei 疼1
    Cantonese Guangzhou 痛, 赤
    Hong Kong 痛, 赤
    Taishan 赤
    Kaiping (Chikan) 赤
    Yangjiang 痛
    Nanning 痛
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 痛
    Singapore (Guangfu) 痛
    Bangkok (Guangfu) 痛
    Gan Nanchang 痛
    Hakka Meixian 痛
    Xingning 痛
    Huidong (Daling) 痛
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 痛
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 痛
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 痛
    Wuhua (Changbu) 痛
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 痛
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 痛
    Wengyuan 痛
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 痛
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 痛
    Liannan 痛
    Jiexi 疾
    Luhe 痛
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 疾
    Changting 疾
    Wuping 疾
    Wuping (Yanqian) 疾
    Wuping (Pingyu) 疾
    Liancheng 疾
    Ninghua 疾
    Yudu 痛
    Ningdu 痛
    Shicheng 痛
    Shangyou (Shexi) 痛
    Tonggu (Sandu) 痛
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 痛
    Dayu 痛
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 痛
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 痛
    Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 痛
    Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 痛
    Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 痛
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 痛
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 疾
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 疾
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 疾
    Hong Kong 痛
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 痛
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 痛
    Xinyi (Sihe) 痛
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 痛
    Gaozhou (Xindong) 痛
    Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 痛
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 痛
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 痛
    Lianjiang (Qingping) 痛
    Mengshan (Xihe) 痛
    Luchuan 痛
    Senai (Huiyang) 痛
    Kuching (Hepo) 痛
    Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 痛
    Singkawang 痛
    Singapore (Meixian) 痛
    Singapore (Dabu) 疾
    Bangkok (Meixian) 痛
    Bangkok (Fengshun) 疾
    Bangkok (Jiexi) 疾
    Huizhou Jixi 痛
    Shexian 痛
    Jin Taiyuan 疼1
    Xinzhou 疼1
    Linhe 疼1
    Jining 疼1
    Hohhot 疼1
    Zhangjiakou 疼1
    Handan 疼1
    Northern Min Jian'ou 字
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 疼2
    Southern Min Xiamen 疼2
    Quanzhou 疼2
    Zhangzhou 疼2
    Kaohsiung 疼2
    Tainan 疼2
    Penang (Hokkien) 疼2
    Singapore (Hokkien) 疼2
    Manila (Hokkien) 疼2
    Chaozhou 疼2
    Shantou (Chaoyang) 疼2
    Haifeng 疼2
    Bangkok (Teochew) 疼2
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 疼2
    Singapore (Teochew) 疼2
    Leizhou 疼2
    Wenchang 疼2
    Haikou 疼2
    Singapore (Hainanese) 疼2
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 痛
    Wu Shanghai 痛
    Suzhou 痛
    Danyang 痛
    Hangzhou 痛
    Ningbo 痛
    Wenzhou 痛
    Xiang Changsha 痛
    Shuangfeng 痛

    Compounds

    Etymology 3

    For pronunciation and definitions of 赤 – see 刺 (“a pointed structure which is able to pierce something; etc.”).
    (This character is the simplified form of 刺).
    Notes:

    References

    Japanese

    Stroke order

    Kanji

    赤

    (First grade kyōiku kanji)

    1. red

    Readings

    Compounds

    Compounds

    Etymology

    From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) あか [áꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][1]
    • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠]
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    Kanji in this term
    赤
    あか
    Grade: 1
    kun'yomi
    Alternative spellings
    朱
    紅

    赤(あか) or 赤(アカ) • (aka) 

    1. red (color)
    2. communism, socialism
    3. a communist

    Derived terms

    Prefix

    赤(あか) • (aka-) 

    1. entirely

    Derived terms

    See also

    Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text)
         白(しろ) (shiro)      灰(はい)色(いろ) (haiiro),
    鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated)     		     黒(くろ) (kuro)
                 赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku),
    クリムゾン (kurimuzon),
    紅(べに)色(いろ) (beniiro),
    紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaiiro),
    茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro)     		             橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro),
    オレンジ (orenji); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo),
    褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku)     		             黄(き)色(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
                 黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori)              緑(みどり) (midori),
    青(あお) (ao) (dated)     		             若(わか)緑(みどり) (wakamidori)
                 水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro),
    シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の羽(はね)色(いろ) (kamo no hane iro)     		             空(そら)色(いろ) (sorairo),
    縹(はなだ) (hanada);
    青(あお) (ao)     		             紺(こん)藍(あい) (kon'ai);
    紺(こん) (kon)
                 菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro),
    インジゴ (injigo)     		             赤(あか)紫(むらさき) (akamurasaki),
    マゼンタ (mazenta); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki)     		             桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro),
    ピンク (pinku)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “あか 【赤・紅・朱・緋】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
    4. ^ Nakai, Yukihiko, editor (2002), 京阪系アクセント辞典 [A Dictionary of Tone on Words of the Keihan-type Dialects] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Bensei, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja

    赤 (eumhun 붉을 적 (bulgeul jeok))

    1. hanja form? of 적 (“red”)

    Kunigami

    Kanji

    赤

    (First grade kyōiku kanji)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hakaː/

    Noun

    赤(はか゚ー) (ha'ngā) 

    1. red

    Miyako

    Kanji

    赤

    (First grade kyōiku kanji)

    Readings

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aka/

    Noun

    赤(あか) (aka) 

    1. red

    Northern Amami Ōshima

    Kanji

    赤

    (First grade kyōiku kanji)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [akʰa]

    Noun

    赤(あか) (aka) 

    1. red

    Okinawan

    Kanji

    赤

    (First grade kyōiku kanji)

    Readings

    • Kun: あか (aka, 赤, Jōyō)、あかさん (akasan, 赤さん)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʔaka/

    Noun

    赤(あか) (aka) 

    1. red

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    赤: Hán Nôm readings: xích

    1. chữ Hán form of xích (“red”)

    Compounds

    Yaeyama

    Kanji

    赤

    (First grade kyōiku kanji)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʔaka/

    Noun

    赤(あか) (aka) 

    1. red

    Yonaguni

    Kanji

    赤

    (First grade kyōiku kanji)

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *aka, from Proto-Japonic *aka.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aɡa/

    Noun

    赤(あが) (aga) 

    1. red
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