赤紙

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤 紙
あか
Grade: 1 		かみ > がみ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
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Etymology

Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 紙 (kami, “paper”).[1][2][3][4]

First attested in any idiomatic sense from 1797.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

赤(あか)紙(がみ) • (akagami) 

  1. (historical) red paper used as a charm or ward against pox (usually smallpox, also the great pox or syphilis), and pasted on the frame of oil lamps or on 仁王 (Niō, “Nio”) statues
  2. a slip of red paper attached to a letter or other document to indicate urgency
  3. alternative name for 赤新聞 (aka shinbun, “scandal rag, gutter press, yellow journalism”)
  4. (informal) draft card (from the color of the paper stock used for these)
  5. (informal) a label or sticker indicating that something is under seizure or garnishment
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 赤,‎ 紙. ("red paper")

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “赤紙”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “赤紙”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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