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辛 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「辛」

道
3Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「辛」
On
シンしん · shin
Kun
から.い・つら.い・-づら.い・かのとkara.i · tsura.i · zura.i · kanoto
Meaning
spicy; hard

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From a piercing blade: what stings — spicy, and hard to bear.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシンしんshin辛苦しんく辛酸しんさん香辛料こうしんりょう
Kunからいkarai辛いつらい辛みからみ辛うじてかろうじて

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 辛抱しんぼう

    patience

  • 辛勝しんしょう

    narrow victory

More words with this kanji

  • 辛辣しんらつ
  • 香辛料こうしんりょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

辛(つら)い料理(りょうり)が好(す)きだ。

I like spicy food.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

辛勝辛抱辛勝win抱embrac…辜a crim…辞word辟to jud…辣pungen…伸stretc…請reques…審examin…心heart申say
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 辛Map of reading シンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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