茜 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

madder, red dye, Turkey red

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• セン

Kun (native)

• あかね

Other languages

• 拼音qian4
• 拼音xi1
• 한글cheon
• Hán-ViệtThiến

infoBasics

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

艸(くさ)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+831C

grid_viewComponents

• 艹くさかんむり
• 西

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹西

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 茜あかねmadder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi), madder (red color)
• 茜色あかねいろmadder red, dark red, crimson
• 茜さすあかねさすglowing dark red
• 茜の根あかねのねmadder root

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(7 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-6

Four Corner

4460.1

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3k6.3

Heisig

2487

Nelson

3932