Kanji N1

茜: madder, red dye, Turkey red

茜 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning madder, red dye, Turkey red, written with 9 strokes. It is read セン (on) and あかね (kun). It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names.

茜

Meanings

  • madder
  • red dye
  • Turkey red
Strokes9
JLPT levelN1
School gradeName kanji
Frequency#2422 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あかね

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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