赤 — red

Grade 1 kanji · 7 strokes · on'yomi seki · kun'yomi aka.

Earth (土) with flame legs (灬) — red hot embers glowing in the ground.

Example words

• 赤い — akai — red
• 赤十字 — sekijuuji — Red Cross

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