赤あかちゃん

Written forms

• 赤あかちゃんUsage96%

  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.

• あかちゃんUsage4%

  Kana spelling is common in children's books and informal writing.

• アカチャンUsage<1%

Kanji

• 赤red

Similar words

• 赤あかん坊ぼう

  Also means 'baby', but slightly more colloquial or dialectal. 赤ちゃん is more common and affectionate.

• 乳にゅう児じ

  Formal or medical term for an infant under one year old.

Etymology

Derived from 赤 (あか, 'red') with the diminutive suffix ちゃん, referring to the reddish skin of a newborn.