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辣 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「辛」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「辛」
On
ラツらつ · ratsu
Kun
から.いkara.i
Meaning
pungent; harsh

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Spice plus tightening: a taste that stings the tongue — hence sharp and severe.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onラツらつratsu辣腕らつわん辛辣しんらつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 辛辣しんらつ

    scathing; caustic

  • 辣腕らつわん

    shrewd competence

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

作品(さくひん)は辛辣(しんらつ)な批評(ひひょう)を受(う)けた。

The work drew scathing criticism.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

辣腕辛辣辣腕arm辛spicy辜a crim…辞word辟to jud…拉pull…剌to go…埒enclos…喇trump…溂lively
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 辛Map of reading ラツAll maps

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

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