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⿻小丨(H))

Kangxi radical #155, ⾚.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/赤
𪜻, 哧, 𡋽, 𫰭, 㤸, 捇, 浾, 𨹮, 𫥠, 𫐨, 𣇐, 𪲒, 𭮒, 焃, 𤙮, 𭹍, 𦛘, 𭕢, 𥙼, 硳, 𦀗, 𧋒, 𧨃, 䞰, 𨁯, 𨲂, 䤲, 䬉, 𩷧
郝, 䚂, 頳, 𪁌, 𡘥, 𭴩, 𡨁, 䓇, 㫱, 𩭑, 𪠇, 𬏭, 𬦃, 䦝 (𬮨)

References

KangXi: 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).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		赤
alternative forms		灻𤆍烾 ancient

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krak (“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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chì (chi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): cek³, cik³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): cet², ciak¹
Gan (Wiktionary): ciit⁶ / cah⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhak
(Meixian, Guangdong): cag⁵
Min Bei (KCR): chiă
Min Dong (BUC): chiáh / chék
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiah / chhek / chhiak
(Teochew, Peng'im): ciah⁴
Wu (Wiktionary): tshaq (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chìh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴
  - Yale: chr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyh
  - Palladius: чи (či)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cek³, cik³
  - Yale: chek, chik
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸, tsik⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³, qig³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³/, /t͡sʰɪk̚³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: cet², ciak¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰet̚⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiak̚³³/

Note: ciak1 - in 赤坎.

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ciit⁶ / cah⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɨt̚⁵/, /t͡sʰaʔ⁵/

Note:

ciit6 - literary;
cah6 - vernacular.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhak
  - Hakka Romanization System: cag`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰak̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰak̚¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰia²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiáh / chék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiɑʔ²⁴/, /t͡sʰɛiʔ²⁴/

Note:

chiáh - vernacular (“red and bright” (of gold));
chék - literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah
  - Tâi-lô: tshiah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /t͡ɕʰiaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek
  - Tâi-lô: tshik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak
  - Tâi-lô: tshiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiak̚⁵/

Note:

chhiah - vernacular;
chhek/chhiak - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ciah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaʔ²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tshaq (T4)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa̱ʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	赤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌石切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiajk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[t-qʰ](r)Ak/
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰljaɡ/

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

(literary or poetic) red
赤字 ― chìzì ― deficit (literally: red figures/numbers)
赤色的晚霞 ― chìsè de wǎnxiá ― red sunset clouds
- 莫赤匪狐，莫黑匪烏。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  莫赤匪狐，莫黑匪乌。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Mò chì fěi hú, mò hēi fěi wū. [Pinyin]
  Nothing red is seen but foxes,
  Nothing black but crows.
(Teochew) brown
loyal; sincere
赤忱 ― chìchén ― absolutely sincere
empty; bare
赤貧／赤贫 ― chìpín ― utterly destitute
赤手空拳 ― chìshǒukōngquán ― with bare hands and fists
to be naked
赤腳／赤脚 ― chìjiǎo ― to be barefoot
(politics) revolutionary; communist; red
赤化 ― chìhuà ― to communize; to turn Red
pure gold

Synonyms

(red):

Dialectal synonyms of 紅 (“red”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		赤, 紅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		紅
Mandarin	Beijing	紅
	Taiwan	紅
	Tianjin	紅
	Tangshan	紅
	Cangzhou	紅
	Baoding	紅
	Shijiazhuang	紅
	Chifeng	紅
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	紅
	Harbin	紅
	Shenyang	紅
	Yantai (Muping)	紅
	Qingdao	紅
	Jinan	紅
	Luoyang	紅
	Wanrong	紅
	Zhengzhou	紅
	Xi'an	紅
	Yinchuan	紅
	Lanzhou	紅
	Xining	紅
	Ürümqi	紅
	Wuhan	紅
	Chengdu	紅
	Chongqing	紅
	Guiyang	紅
	Kunming	紅
	Guilin	紅
	Liuzhou	紅
	Xuzhou	紅
	Yangzhou	紅
	Nanjing	紅
	Hefei	紅
	Nantong	紅
	Malaysia	紅
	Singapore	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)	紅
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
Huizhou	Shexian	紅
Jin	Taiyuan	紅
	Xinzhou	紅
	Linhe	紅
	Jining	紅
	Hohhot	紅
	Zhangjiakou	紅
	Handan	紅
Min Bei	Jian'ou	紅
Min Dong	Fuzhou	紅
Min Nan	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	Shaxi (Longdu)	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	赤
	Lishui	赤
	Longyou	赤
	Chaozhou	紅
	Fengshun	紅
Wu	Shanghai	紅
	Shanghai (Chongming)	紅
	Suzhou	紅
	Danyang	紅
	Hangzhou	紅
	Ningbo	紅
	Wenzhou	紅
	Jinhua	紅
Xiang	Changsha	紅
Xiang	Loudi	紅

Compounds

Derived terms from 赤

一寸赤心
一片赤心
保兀赤
兀剌赤
光赤
小赤 (Xiǎochì)
小赤老
打赤膊 (dǎ chìbó)
母哈赤
白眉赤眼
站赤 (zhànchì)
赤仄
赤伏符
赤佬
赤俄 (chì'é)
赤光光
赤兔 (Chìtù)
赤力力
赤化 (chìhuà)
赤卒
赤口毒舌
赤口白舌
赤土 (Chìtǔ)
赤土陶器 (chì tǔ táoqì)
赤地 (chìdì)
赤城 (Chìchéng)
赤塔 (Chìtǎ)
赤墀
赤壁 (Chìbì)
赤壁鏖兵
赤子 (chìzǐ)
赤子之心 (chìzǐzhīxīn)
赤字 (chìzì)
赤小豆 (chìxiǎodòu)
赤尻
赤山 (Chìshān)
赤崁 (Chìkàn)
赤巴巴
赤帝 (chìdì)
赤帝子
赤心 (chìxīn)
赤忱 (chìchén)
赤手
赤手空拳 (chìshǒukōngquán)
赤手起家
赤才 (Chìcái)
赤族 (chìzú)
赤日 (chìrì)
赤星
赤松 (chìsōng)
赤松子
赤棒
赤津津
赤溪河 (Chìxīhé)
赤潮 (chìcháo)
赤狐 (chìhú)
赤狗日
赤瑕
赤留出律
赤痢 (chìlì)

赤白痢
赤眉 (Chìméi)
赤眼卵蜂
赤石
赤石脂 (chìshízhī)
赤磷
赤立
赤箭
赤米
赤翡翠
赤老 (chìlǎo)
赤背 (chìbèi)
赤膊 (chìbó)
赤色 (chìsè)
赤芍 (chìsháo)
赤蛙
赤血丹心
赤衣
赤衣使者
赤裸 (chìluǒ)
赤裸裸 (chìluǒluǒ)
赤豆 (chìdòu)
赤赤哈哈
赤足 (chìzú)
赤身 (chìshēn)
赤道 (chìdào)
赤道洋流
赤道雨林
赤道非洲
赤道面
赤金 (chìjīn)
赤雅
赤露 (chìlù)
赤面 (chìmiàn)
赤鯶公
金融赤字
鏖兵赤壁
赤地千里
努爾哈赤／努尔哈赤 (Nǔ'ěrhāchì)
博爾赤／博尔赤
噴赤河／喷赤河 (Pēnchìhé)
寶兒赤／宝儿赤
後赤壁賦／后赤壁赋
忠心赤膽／忠心赤胆
急赤白臉／急赤白脸
打赤腳／打赤脚 (dǎchìjiǎo)
月書赤繩／月书赤绳
火裡赤／火里赤
白兔赤烏／白兔赤乌 (báitùchìwū)
眉間赤／眉间赤
神州赤縣／神州赤县
精赤條條／精赤条条
耳紅面赤／耳红面赤
臉紅耳赤／脸红耳赤
葉赤鐵路／叶赤铁路
裸身赤體／裸身赤体
貝赤／贝赤
貿易赤字／贸易赤字 (màoyì chìzì)
赤壁之戰／赤壁之战

赤壁懷古／赤壁怀古
赤壁賦／赤壁赋
赤字財政／赤字财政
赤字預算／赤字预算
赤崁樓／赤崁楼
赤嵌樓／赤嵌楼
赤帶／赤带
赤幘／赤帻 (chìzé)
赤心忠膽／赤心忠胆
赤揚／赤扬
赤條條／赤条条
赤條精光／赤条精光
赤楊／赤杨
赤熱／赤热
赤禍／赤祸
赤紅／赤红 (chìhóng)
赤經／赤经 (chìjīng)
赤緊的／赤紧的
赤緯／赤纬 (chìwěi)
赤練蛇／赤练蛇
赤縣／赤县 (Chìxiàn)
赤縣神州／赤县神州 (Chìxiàn Shénzhōu)
赤繩綰足／赤绳绾足
赤繩繫足／赤绳系足
赤腳／赤脚 (chìjiǎo)
赤腳大仙／赤脚大仙
赤腳漢／赤脚汉
赤腳醫生／赤脚医生 (chìjiǎo yīshēng)
赤膊上陣／赤膊上阵 (chìbóshàngzhèn)
赤膽／赤胆
赤膽忠心／赤胆忠心
赤膽忠肝／赤胆忠肝
赤舌燒城／赤舌烧城
赤色中國／赤色中国
赤色國際／赤色国际
赤血鹽／赤血盐 (chìxuèyán)
赤衛軍／赤卫军
赤誠／赤诚 (chìchéng)
赤貧／赤贫 (chìpín)
赤貧如洗／赤贫如洗
赤資資／赤资资
赤身裸體／赤身裸体
赤身露體／赤身露体 (chìshēnlùtǐ)
赤軍旅／赤军旅
赤道儀／赤道仪
赤道幾尼亞／赤道几尼亚
赤道群島／赤道群岛
赤鉛礦／赤铅矿
赤銅／赤铜 (chìtóng)
赤銅礦／赤铜矿
赤銜／赤衔
赤鐵礦／赤铁矿 (chìtiěkuàng)
赤電／赤电
赤馬港／赤马港 (Chìmǎgǎng)
赤體／赤体 (chìtǐ)
赤黴素／赤霉素 (chìméisù)
達魯花赤／达鲁花赤
面紅耳赤／面红耳赤 (miànhóng'ěrchì)
面紅面赤／面红面赤

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

Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): cek³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): tiak¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cek³
  - Yale: chek
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: tiak¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiak̚³³/

Definitions

赤

(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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		痛, 疼₁, 疼痛
Mandarin	Beijing	疼₁
	Taiwan	痛
	Tianjin	疼₁
	Tangshan	疼₁
	Cangzhou	疼₁
	Baoding	疼₁
	Shijiazhuang	疼₁, 痛
	Chifeng	疼₁
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	疼₁, 痛
	Harbin	疼₁
	Shenyang	疼₁, 痛
	Yantai (Muping)	痛
	Qingdao	疼₁
	Jinan	疼₁
	Luoyang	疼₁
	Wanrong	疼₁
	Zhengzhou	疼₁
	Xi'an	疼₁
	Yinchuan	疼₁
	Lanzhou	疼₁
	Xining	疼₁
	Ürümqi	疼₁
	Wuhan	疼₁
	Chengdu	痛, 疼₁
	Chongqing	痛
	Guiyang	痛
	Kunming	疼₁, 痛
	Guilin	痛
	Liuzhou	痛
	Xuzhou	疼₁
	Yangzhou	疼₁, 痛
	Nanjing	疼₁
	Hefei	疼₁
	Nantong	疼₁, 痛
	Malaysia	痛, 疼
	Singapore	痛
	Dagudi (Maliba)	疼₁
	Reshuitang (Longling)	疼₁
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	疼₁
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	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
Gan	Nanchang	痛
Hakka	Meixian	痛
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	痛
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	痛
	Wengyuan	痛
	Liannan	痛
	Jiexi	疾
	Luhe	痛
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	疾
	Changting	疾
	Wuping (Yanqian)	疾
	Ninghua	疾
	Yudu	痛
	Ningdu	痛
	Tonggu (Sandu)	痛
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	痛
	Dayu	痛
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	痛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	痛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	痛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	痛
	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
Huizhou	Jixi	痛
Huizhou	Shexian	痛
Jin	Taiyuan	疼₁
	Xinzhou	疼₁
	Linhe	疼₁
	Jining	疼₁
	Hohhot	疼₁
	Zhangjiakou	疼₁
	Handan	疼₁
Min Bei	Jian'ou	字
Min Dong	Fuzhou	疼₂
Min Nan	Xiamen	疼₂
	Quanzhou	疼₂
	Zhangzhou	疼₂
	Tainan	疼₂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	疼₂
	Manila (Hokkien)	疼₂
	Chaozhou	疼₂
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	痛

Compounds

肉赤
赤痛
赤赤痛

骨罅赤
骨赤

頭赤／头赤
頭赤赤／头赤赤

Japanese

Stroke order

Kanji

赤

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

red

Readings

Go-on: しゃく (shaku, Jōyō ^†)
Kan-on: せき (seki, Jōyō)
Kun: あか (aka, 赤, Jōyō); あかい (akai, 赤い, Jōyō); あからむ (akaramu, 赤らむ, Jōyō); あからめる (akarameru, 赤らめる, Jōyō)
Nanori: あ (a); あこ (ako); あま (ama)

Compounds

赤(あか)子(ご) (akago)
赤(あか)字(じ) (akaji)
赤(あか)ちゃん (akachan)
赤(あか)土(つち) (akatsuchi), 赭(あか)土(つち) (akatsuchi)
赤(あか)面(つら) (akatsura), 赭(あか)面(つら) (akatsura)
赤(あか)の他(た)人(にん) (aka no tanin)
赤(あか)恥(はじ) (akahaji)
赤(あか)羽太(はた) (akahata)
赤(あか)裸(はだか) (akahadaka)
赤(あか)まんま (akamanma)
赤(あか)身(み) (akami)
赤(しゃく)銅(どう) (shakudō)
赤(しゃく)熱(ねつ) (shakunetsu)
赤(せき)烏(う) (sekiu)
赤(せき)外(がい) (sekigai): infrared
赤(せき)子(し) (sekishi)
赤(せき)日(じつ) (sekijitsu)
赤(せき)手(しゅ) (sekishu)
赤(せき)十(じゅう)字(じ) (Sekijūji): the Red Cross
赤(せき)心(しん) (sekishin)
赤(せき)誠(せい) (sekisei): sincerity
赤(せき)沈(ちん) (sekichin)
赤(せき)鉄鉱(てっこう) (sekitekkō)
赤(せき)土(ど) (sekido)
赤(せき)道(どう) (sekidō)
赤(せき)熱(ねつ) (sekinetsu)
赤(せき)飯(はん) (sekihan)
赤(せき)貧(ひん) (sekihin)
赤(せき)面(めん) (sekimen)
赤(せき)裸(ら) (sekira)
赤(せき)痢(り) (sekiri)
赤(せき)燐(りん) (sekirin)
赤(せっ)化(か) (sekka), 赤(せき)化(か) (sekika)
赤(せっ)禍(か) (sekka), 赤(せき)禍(か) (sekika)
赤(せっ)血球(けっきゅう) (sekkekkyū)
赤(あか)信号(しんごう) (akashingō): red light

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

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

(Kyoto) あか [àkáꜜ][3]

Noun

Kanji in this term
赤
あか Grade: 1

Alternative spelling
朱

赤(あか) • (aka)

red (color)
communism, socialism
a communist

Derived terms

赤(あか)い (akai): red (adjective)
赤(あか)子(ご) (akago)
赤(あか)字(じ) (akaji)
赤(あか)ちゃん (akachan)
赤(あか)土(つち) (akatsuchi), 赭(あか)土(つち) (akatsuchi)
赤(あか)面(つら) (akatsura), 赭(あか)面(つら) (akatsura)

Prefix

赤(あか) • (aka-)

entirely

Derived terms

赤(あか)の他人(たにん) (aka no tanin)
赤(あか)恥(はじ) (akahaji)
赤(あか)裸(はだか) (akahadaka)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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))

Hanja form^? of 적 (“red”).

Kunigami

Kanji

赤

Kun: はか゚ー (hakā)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hakaː/

Noun

赤 (hiragana はか゚ー, romaji hakā)

red

Miyako

Kanji

赤

Kun: あか (aka)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aka/

Noun

赤 (hiragana あか, romaji aka)

red

Northern Amami-Oshima

Kanji

赤

Kun: あか (aka)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /axa/

Noun

赤 (hiragana あか, romaji aka)

red

Okinawan

Kanji

赤

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Kun: あか (aka, 赤); あかさん (akasan, 赤さん)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaka/

Noun

赤 (hiragana あか, rōmaji aka)

red

Vietnamese

Han character

赤: Hán Nôm readings: xích

red

Yaeyama

Kanji

赤

Kun: あか (aka)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaka/

Noun

赤 (hiragana あか, romaji aka)

red

Yonaguni

Kanji

赤

Kun: あが (aga)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɡa/

Noun

赤 (hiragana あが, romaji aga)

red

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[3] 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