赤字
Chinese
red; scarlet; bare; naked |
letter; symbol; character; word | ||
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simp. and trad. (赤字) |
赤 | 字 | |
Literally: “red character”. |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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赤 | 字 |
あか Grade: 1 |
じ Grade: 1 |
yutōyomi |
Etymology
From 赤 (aka, “red”) + 字 (ji, “characters”), attested since the Taishō period.
Noun
赤字 (hiragana あかじ, rōmaji akaji)
- (literally) characters written in red
- (business) red ink, deficit, in the red
- corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red.
Antonyms
- (deficit): 黒字 (kuroji)
Derived terms
- 赤字国債 (akaji kokusai, “deficit-covering (government) bond”)
- 赤字財政 (akaji zaisei, “deficit financing”)
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