激 – violent, get excited, enraged

16 strokesTaught in grade 6#560 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 激 means violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲキ (geki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はげ.しい (hageshii). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲキ	geki
Kun’yomi	はげ.しい	hageshii

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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・白・方・攵・乞.

Words using 激

刺激しげきstimulus急激きゅうげきsudden激しいはげしいviolent感激かんげきdeep emotion激増げきぞうsharp increase激励げきれいencouragement

Example sentences

光が刺激となって花が咲く。

Light is the stimulus that causes a flower to open.

Tatoeba #174090

昇進がより一層働く刺激となった。

Promotion was an incentive to harder work.

Tatoeba #146435

金利が低下したことが自動車の市場を刺激した。

Falling interest rates have stimulated the automobile market.

Tatoeba #179606

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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