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Vol. 48

Strokes 7
On-reading seki, shaku
Kun-reading aka
Meanings  red, Communist, equator

Radical: aka

Useful Compounds

Other kanji characters which are used in useful compounds. 

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Reading Meaning
sekijuuji Red Cross
sekidou equator
sekigun Red Army
akachan baby

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