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Kanji for Madder red
The kanji for “madder red” is 茜, read sen and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
madder red
The deep red of a sunset sky.
Akane (茜) is an ancient red dye extracted from madder roots, praised in the earliest poems of the Man'yoshu.
9 strokes On reading セン (sen) Kun reading あかね (akane) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: madder, red dye, Turkey red
Readings used for names on Nazuke: akane, sen
In Japan it appears in about 79 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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