癇 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「疒」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「疒」
- On
- カン
- Kun
- ひきつけ
- Meaning
- irritability; convulsions
Origin
Sickness 疒 with 閒 as phonetic: the illness of convulsions; by extension, a quick temper.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 癇癪かんしゃく
a fit of temper
- 癇に障るかんにさわる
to grate on one’s nerves
Example
些細な言い方が癇に障る。
A small turn of phrase grates on their nerves.
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