Keyword
red
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
?
KankenLevel 10
Heisig1880
Readings
あか
(79%)
(14%)
せき
(4%)
Composed of
one
bloody knife
Mnemonic components
earth
bloody knife
Mnemonic

A bloody knife stained the earth red with all of the blood dripping from it.

Used in kanji (4 in total)
pardon
incandescent
???
get red
Used in vocabulary (469 in total)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
baby; infant
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to blush; to redden
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
red hair; ginger hair
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
complete stranger; total stranger
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
to become red; to redden; to blush
bright red; bright
bright red; deep red
infrared rays; infrared radiation
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
to be tinged red
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
reddish brown; rufous
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
red-horned demon; red ogre
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
shame; disgrace
red blood cell; erythrocyte
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
tinged with red; reddish
reddish brown
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
complete lie; outright lie
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
red cloth; red background
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
dysentery
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
red cheeks; apple cheeks
red ball; amber; (arch.) patent medicine; brand of sweet wine
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
red cap; (railway) porter; redcap
red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)
sincerity; true heart; devotion
baby; infant
baby talk; baby language; babbling
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
draft papers; call-up notice; red paper
to rust; to become rusty
red beard; person with a red beard; Westerner; Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
extreme poverty
to be tinged red
making a loss; incurring a deficit
to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); (lit.) to be tied by the red string (of fate)
red light; stop light; danger signal
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
red meat; reddish meat
complete lie; outright lie
(small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
yak hair dyed red; red hair; frizzled fake hair; curly fake hair
baby; infant
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
red cloud; comet
Sovietize; Sovietise; turning red; become communistic
shame; disgrace
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
red blanket; country bumpkin
blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell
the reds; reddish colors
toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox
to blush; to redden
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
tinged with red; reddish
dark-brown miso paste
people are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble
red tag (esp. one attached to sold goods or discounted products); red label; swords (playing card suit in traditional Japanese gambling decks)
low latitudes; equatorial region
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
infantile regression
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
red birthmark (esp. a hemangioma)
public telephone (orig. red); payphone
dhole (Cuon alpinus); red wolf (Canis rufus)
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
(small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)
yellow with a tinge of red; orange yellow
rubefaction (reddening of the skin)
rice that has browned (due to age); variety of low-quality foreign rice; red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
red leather; red-dyed leather
deficit-covering (government) bond
red turnip; small red radish
red bell pepper; red capsicum
mercurochrome; merbromin solution
amoebic dysentery; amebic dysentery; amoebiasis
copper (Cu)
scraped skin; graze; grazed skin
sincerity; true heart; devotion
ceremony to celebrate crossing the equator
seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
Japanese evergreen oak (Quercus acuta)
communist hunting; red-baiting
red meat; dark meat on poultry (leg, thigh)
red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)
to rust; to become rusty
equatorial telescope
unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious
bright red; bright
fish having red flesh (e.g. maguro, katsuo, saba, iwashi)
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
red shiso; red perilla
bare handed
red coral (Corallium japonicum)
baby hatch (for unwanted newborns); foundling wheel
complete lie; outright lie
to blush; to redden
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
stark naked; nude; stripped of all belongings; penniless; naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
erythroblast (immature nucleate erythrocyte)
redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
red turnip; small red radish
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta); rhesus macaque
menstruation
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
(Jupiter's) Great Red Spot
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
any brown or reddish-brown frog (esp. of family Ranidae); Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica); brown frog
Coalition Red Army (defunct Japanese armed militant group)
willowherb (Epilobium pyrricholophum); safflower red; kimono color combination (crimson outside, bluish purple inside)
near infrared ray; near infrared radiation
Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)
red face; villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
Japanese Red Army; JRA
scraped skin; graze; grazed skin
red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata)
loss-making corporation; money-losing enterprise; lossmaker
red traffic violation ticket (designating a serious violation); third-class ticket
red beard; person with a red beard; Westerner; Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster); dysentery
red Vienna sausage
losses; deficit; amount in the red
shigella (dysentery bacillus)
pickled sardines; dried sardines; (lit.) red sardines; (arch.) rusty and blunt sword
barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something)
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
red deer (Cervus elaphus)
scandal sheet; gutter press; yellow press
red cheeks; apple cheeks
bright red tinged with yellow; variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)
red vinegar made from fermented sake lees; plum vinegar with perilla leaves added
baby talk; baby language
yellowish red; poppy red
vermillion stick; red ink
loss-making line (railway, bus, etc.); unprofitable route
red turnip; small red radish
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
red birthmark (esp. a hemangioma)
right ascension
loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
shigellosis; bacillary dysentery
red Vienna sausage
bloodworm (Halla okadai, species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
Akasaka Prince Hotel
erythrophobia; fear of blushing
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
florid; ruddy
red dora; red suited tile that doubles the score of any hand (usu. a five of each suit)
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse
erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ESR
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)
Equatorial Guinea
anko-coated mochi (from Ise, Mie pref.)
red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink)
red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major); fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
amoebic dysentery; amebic dysentery; amoebiasis
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
red-black tree; self-balancing binary search tree
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) the neighbour's flowers are redder
bloodworm (nonbiting midge larva)
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica); striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
brown bear (esp. the Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus)
Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); red rockfish; red scorpionfish
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
vivid crimson
red soil aggregate; akadama; clay-like volcanic ash soil (used for bonsai, etc.)
complete lie; outright lie
red snow (due to microscopic algae, yellow sand, etc.)
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps)
even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
trout; Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
red-clawed crab (Chiromantes haematocheir)
orange-red; reddish orange; fire red
red onion; purple onion
complete lie; outright lie
red shiso; red perilla
bronze-red (colour, color)
red phosphorus
polycythaemia; polycythemia; hypercythaemia; hypercythemia; erythrocytosis
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
redwood; sequoia
strange thing; eccentric taste; (lit.) red eboshi
sickle cell disease; sickle cell anemia (anaemia)
declination
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
complete lie; outright lie
complete lie; outright lie
chogori; jeogori; short jacket traditionally worn by Koreans
Quercus gilva (species of oak)
infantile regression
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
red shiso; red perilla
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); mallotus bark (herbal medicine)
starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata)
white cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes); Canton danio
great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
opah (Lampris guttatus); moonfish
northern sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster)
tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata)
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
Japanese sea fig (Ficus superba var. japonica)
scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards
extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
bloodworm (nonbiting midge larva)
red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig
scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini); bronze hammerhead shark
red phosphorus
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
red onion; purple onion
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
common house mosquito (Culex pipiens); northern house mosquito
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
spider mite (any mite of family Tetranychidae)
spider mite (any mite of family Tetranychidae)
crestfish (Lophotus capellei); unicornfish
redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp
red tassel hung above the southeast corner of the ring
Izu thrush (Turdus celaenops)
baby; subject; people
reddish; tinged with red; rufous
reddish; tinged with red; rufous
red admiral (butterfly)
the Red Peril
if everyone crosses against the red light together, there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it
late Edo-period pejorative for Russians
internal organs such as heart, liver, kidneys used as food
internal organs such as heart, liver, kidneys used as food
Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)
beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
Lactarius laeticolorus (edible species of lactarius mushroom)
erythroblastosis (abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood)
winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi)
rubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)
rubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)
rubefaction (reddening of the skin)
federal (budget) deficit
red-eyed puffer (Takifugu chrysops)
Okinawan yellow cucumber
reed tripe; beef abomasum
burning sun
red carrageen (Chondrus crispus); red carragheen; red Irish moss
cuprite; red copper; red copper ore
haemagglutination; hemagglutination
Gymnosporangium rust (plant infection)
loss-making business; company operating in the red
trade deficit with Japan
hair tied with red yak's tail hair
great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people
red and white-speckled silica
pale red tinged with grey
near infrared; NIR
spearflower (Ardisia japonica)
equatorial countercurrent
Fusarium ear blight; Fusarium head blight; scab
Fusarium ear blight; Fusarium head blight; scab
Fusarium ear blight; Fusarium head blight; scab
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) other people's flowers are redder
plum vinegar with perilla leaves added
red mud; bauxite tailings; red sludge
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
red bell pepper
it's not my fault; (lit.) this red face is the alcohol's fault
it's not my fault; (lit.) this red face is the alcohol's fault
Onagraceae (evening primrose family)
Akaike Station (Nagoya)
Culex tritaeniorhynchus (species of mosquito)
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora); akashide
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora); akashide
red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
flathead flounder (Hippoglossoides dubius)
red kangaroo (Macropos rufus)
Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica)
red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
common redshank (Tringa totanus)
ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
red barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis); brown barracuda
red barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis); brown barracuda
Eurasian linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus); Harris hawk
Formica sanguinea (species of red wood ant)
blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)
large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)
red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)
red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)
red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba)
red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes
bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula rosacea)
red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)
red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
Neurospora crassa (species of red bread mould)
lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii)
Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae)
elk (Cervus canadensis); wapiti
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana); Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise
Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis); gray frog hawk; grey frog hawk
Amur falcon (Falco amurensis); eastern red-footed falcon
white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
smooth dandelion (Taraxacum laevigatum)
scrub typhus mite (Leptotrombidium akamushi)
Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus); Bartel's myotis
scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus); common rosefinch
red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus); Bennett's wallaby
devil weed (Sargassum horneri)
Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)
red kite (Milvus milvus)
golden ear (Tremella aurantia)
Examples (200 in total)
Your lips are red.
Can you see something red down below?
Your eyes are red with crying.