赤 = 土 + 小

赤 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “red”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 小 (little). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1880. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: red
RTK frame: 1880
Strokes: 7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): セキ, シャク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): あか, あか-, あか.い, あか.らむ, あか.らめる
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: красный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 赤 red

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 赤

How to find 赤 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “little”. 赤 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 赤 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.