日本語
Kanji
N1 6 strokes Grade 8 freq #1788

vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

tree ki

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

red seal
foreign trade by authorized Japanese ships (early Edo period)
white stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Japanese crested ibis
black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus); Oriental white ibis
goshuin booklet; book for receiving seal stamps at shrines and temples
pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock
vermilion lacquer (made by mixing vermilion into clear lacquer)
scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
pogonia (Pogonia japonica)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

red; vermilion
Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
great wealth; very wealthy person
to make corrections
to miniate; to paint red
people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them; spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer
to flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)

Example sentences

He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.