Japanese Word Entry
赤電話| Kana: | あかでんわ |
| Romaji: | akadenwa |
| Definition: | public telephone (orig. red), payphone |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 赤 | red, bare, Kangxi radical 155 |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄔˋ (chì) |
| Cantonese: | cek3 |
| Japanese: | セキ (seki)、 シャク (shaku) / あか (aka)、 あか- (aka-)、 あか.い (akai)、 あか.らむ (akaramu)、 あか.らめる (akarameru) |
| Korean: | 적 (jeog) |
| Vietnamese: | xích, thích |
| 電 | electricity, electric, lightning |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn) |
| Cantonese: | din6 |
| Japanese: | デン (den)、 テン (ten) / いなずま (inazuma) |
| Korean: | 전 (jeon) |
| Vietnamese: | điện |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 电 |
| 話 | tale, talk, speech, language, dialect |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄏㄨㄚˋ (huà) |
| Cantonese: | waa6 |
| Japanese: | ワ (wa)、 カイ (kai) / はな.す (hanasu)、 はなし (hanashi) |
| Korean: | 화 (hwa) |
| Vietnamese: | thoại |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 话 |