漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
激: violent, get excited
Also: enraged, chafe, incite
JLPT N116 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- 敫(sound)
氵 carries the meaning · 敫 gives the sound
16 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ゲキgeki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 激戦げきせんfierce battle
- 激痛げきつうsevere pain
- 急激なきゅうげきなsudden
- 過激なかげきなextreme
- 激化するげきかするintensify [v.i.]
- 激増するげきぞうするincrease dramatically
- 激減するげきげんするdecreasing dramatically
- 激励するげきれいするencourage
- 激突するげきとつするclash, crash [v.i]
- 感激するかんげきするbe deeply moved [v.i.]
- 刺激するしげきするstimulate
はげしいhageshii · kun'yomi · on its own
- 激しいはげしいintense, fierce, violent
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)水 water, as 氵 (meaning) + 敫 (sound)
(of water) to swash.
Source: Wiktionary, 激 (rev. 92777702), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ゲキ
4 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jī
Same form: 激 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 激 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 激 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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