怒 – angry, be offended

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1221 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 怒 means angry, be offended. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ド、ヌ (do, nu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いか.る、おこ.る (ikaru, okoru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ド	do
On’yomi	ヌ	nu
Kun’yomi	いか.る	ikaru
Kun’yomi	おこ.る	okoru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 女・心・又.

Words using 怒

怒るおこるto get angry怒りいかりanger怒鳴るどなるto shout (in anger)

Example sentences

その子は留守番をしなければならないと言って怒っていた。

The boy was cross at having to stay at home.

Tatoeba #210168

それをそのままにしておきなさい。そうしないと怒られますよ。

Leave it as it is, or you will be scolded.

Tatoeba #204653

私の誤りは彼の怒りを招いた。

My mistake incurred his anger.

Tatoeba #163667

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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