Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 赤人, 紅一, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. AH-KAH-KHEE-TO [key] Meaning & History From 赤 (aka) meaning "red" and 人 (hito) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations can be used.A notable bearer is Yamabe no Akahito (fl. 724–736), a poet of the Nara period.