赤線

赤線

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	線
あか Grade: 1	せん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
• (Tokyo) あかせん [àkáséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

赤(あか)線(せん) • (akasen) 

1. red line
2. (historical) Short for 赤線地帯(あかせんちたい) (akasenchitai): Akasen (districts in Japan where prostitution and the sex industry flourished)

See also

• 青線(あおせん) (aosen)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
赤	線

Noun

赤線 • (jeokseon) (hangeul 적선)

1. Hanja form^? of 적선 (“red line”).