Definition of 赤 (あか)

noun
1.
red, crimson, scarlet
2.
red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
3.
Red (i.e. communist)(colloquialism)(often written as アカ)
4.
red light (traffic)(abbreviation)
See also:赤信号
5.
red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red(abbreviation)
See also:赤字,  赤字
no-adjective
6.
complete, total, perfect, obvious
See also:赤の他人
noun
7.
copper(abbreviation)(only relevant for 赤)
8.
red 5-point card (in hanafuda)(abbreviation)
See also:あかたん
Other readings:
紅【あか】
、
朱【あか】
、
緋【あか】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing out-dated kanji
Related Kanji
赤 red
紅 crimson, deep red
朱 vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
緋 scarlet, cardinal
Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 45 results)

Mark in red anything you don't understand and ask about it in class

あか
赤
まる
丸
かこ
囲む
Circle in red pencil

I made sure that children who'd forgotten their red pencil came to borrow one

わたし
私の
だいす
大好きな
いろ
色
あか
赤
My favorite color is red

あか
赤
あお
青
うつく
美しい
たいしょう
対照
Red contrasts well with blue

The dress has a beautiful contrast between red and white

アレックス
「
かみ
紙
」「
かぎ
鍵
」「
」
めいし
名詞
、「
あか
赤
」「
みどり
緑
」「
きいろ
黄色
」
いろ
色
な
名
おぼ
覚えた
Alex seemed to learn nouns such as "paper," "key" and "cork," and color names such as "red," "green" and "yellow.

Don't write in red ink

あか
赤
えんぴつ
鉛筆
Have you got a red pencil

ちず
地図
あか
赤
まる
丸
がっこう
学校
しめ
示す
Red circles on the map mark schools

Our team were wearing red shirts

しんごう
信号
ぜんぶ
全部
あか
赤
The traffic lights were all red

かのじょ
彼女の
3
だい
台
くるま
車
1
だい
台
あお
青
、
のこ
残り
あか
赤
One of her three cars is blue and the others are red

しんごう
信号
あか
赤
The light turned red

いっぽう
一方
あか
赤
、
いっぽう
一方
しろ
白
One is red and the other is white

しんごう
信号
あか
赤
あお
青
The signal turned from red to green

The outside of this box is green, but the inside is red

かれ
彼の
くるま
車
あお
青
、
かのじょ
彼女
あか
赤
His car was blue; hers was red

ふく
服
あか
赤
、
、
あおいろ
青色
The costumes were red, pink, blue, and so forth

しょうじょ
少女
あか
赤
しろ
白
1
ほん
本
わたし
私
The girl brought me a red and white rose
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