赭 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

red

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャ
Kun (native)
  • あかつち
Other languages
  • 拼音zhe3
  • 한글ja
  • Hán-ViệtGiả

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
赤(あか)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8D6D

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰赤者

Words using this kanji

  • 赭土しゃどred ocher (ochre)
  • 赭顔しゃがんruddy face

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-9
Four Corner
4426.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c12.5
Nelson
4538