9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

madder, red dye, Turkey red

Kun'yomi
  • madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi) ②madder (red color)
On'yomi
  • セン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あかね 100.0%

Character Breakdown

madder, red dye, Turkey red
あかね セン (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
west, Spain
にし サイ セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

References

Unicode hex code 831C
JIS X 0208 1-16-11
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3932
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5019
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2261
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2811
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1448
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1951
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2407
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2487
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 928
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 30871X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2216
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3k6.3
Four corner code 4460.1