漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
苛: torment, scold
Also: chastise
N1 (our estimate)8 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 可 is drawn in
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
いじめるijimeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 苛めいじめbullying; teasing
- 苛めるいじめるto ill-treat; to bully; to torment
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 苛々いらいらto get irritated; to get annoyed
Also read カ, さいなむ, いらだつ, からい, こまかい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side苛 torment · 艹
vs何 what · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kē
Same form: 苛 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 苛 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 苛 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kē 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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