Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes

辣: pungent, spicy

Also: harsh, cruel, severe

N1 (our estimate)14 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

辛 carries the meaning · 束 is drawn in

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ラツratsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 悪辣あくらつcrafty; vicious; unscrupulous
  • 辛辣しんらつ

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 辣油ラーユ(Chinese) chili oil; chile oil; chilli oil

Also read からい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Watch out for the sting! This radical carries the intense heat of a chili pepper and the sharp, stinging "bitterness" of a hard trial.”
More in the 辛 spicy story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
辛

Also built on spicy (辛)

All 3
束

Also built on bundle (束)

Also read ラツ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
辣 pungent · 束
vs辞 resign · 舌
辣 has 束 where 辞 has 舌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · là

Same form: 辣 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
辣 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
辣 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin là 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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