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激 — 16 strokes / Radical「氵」

道
5Elementary year 6 / 16 strokes / Radical「氵」
On
ゲキげき · geki
Kun
はげ(しい)hage(shii)
Meaning
violent; intense; fierce

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" plus 敫; water striking rock and flying up — hence "violent, intense."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゲキげきgeki激動げきどう感激かんげき激するげきする
Kunはげしいhageshii激しいはげしい激しさはげしさ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 激流げきりゅう

    raging current

  • 感激かんげき

    being deeply moved

More words with this kanji

  • 刺激しげき
  • 激怒げきど
  • 激烈げきれつ
  • 激励げきれい
  • 激甚げきじん
  • 叱咤激励しったげきれい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

雨(あめ)が激(はげ)しくふってきた。

The rain began falling hard.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

感激激流激感feel流flow沿to run…派factio…洗to was…済to fin…源source劇drama郤a crev…戟halber…隙gap覡a male…
CompoundRadicalReading

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