劇 – drama, play

15 strokesTaught in grade 6#662 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 劇 means drama, play. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲキ (geki). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲキ	geki

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

Radical: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: 刈・卜・匕・厂・虍・豕.

劇はちょうど定刻に始まった。

The play began exactly on time.

さあ劇場に着いたぜ。

Here we are at the theater.

すべての悲劇は死で終わる。

All tragedies end with a death.

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