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Japanese symbol for “redshift”

Romaji: sekihouhen'i
red shift; redshift

In Japanese, redshift is , read (sekihouhen'i).

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Meanings

  1. n red shift; redshift (physics)

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

red
on: セキ、シャク
kun: あか、あか-、あか.い、あか.らむ
7 strokes · JLPT 3
direction, person, alternative
on: ホウ
kun: かた、-かた、-がた
4 strokes · JLPT 3
partial, side, left-side radical
on: ヘン
kun: かたよ.る
11 strokes · JLPT 1
shift, move, change
on: イ
kun: うつ.る、うつ.す
11 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “redshift”

WordReadingMeaning
レッドシフト reddoshifutored shift; redshift

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
あかちゃん akachanbaby; infant
あかい akaired; crimson; scarlet
あかじ akaji(being in) the red; deficit
まっか makkabright red; deep red; flushed (of face)
あかんぼう akanboubaby; infant
あかいろ akairored; red color
ほうほう houhoumethod; way; manner
いっぽう ippouone (esp. of two); the other; one way
へんけん henkenprejudice; bias; distorted view
いどう idoumovement; transfer; migration

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.