Related words 赤あか い 赤い means 'red' as a basic color, while 赤みがかった means 'reddish' or 'tinged with red', indicating a less intense or mixed red.
赤あか っぽい 赤っぽい also means 'reddish', but is more colloquial and can carry a slightly negative nuance (e.g., 'reddish and not quite right'). 赤みがかった is more neutral and descriptive.
Written forms 赤あか みがかった
Standard kanji spelling using 赤み .
赤あか 味み がかった
Alternate kanji spelling using 味 ; less common but seen in some contexts.
Etymology Compound of 赤み (redness) + がかった (past form of がかる , 'to be tinged with'). The verb がかる attaches to color nouns to mean 'to be tinged with that color'.
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