叱 – scold, reprove

5 strokes#2255 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 叱 means scold, reprove. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シツ、シチ、カ (shitsu, shichi, ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しか.る (shikaru). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シツ	shitsu
On’yomi	シチ	shichi
On’yomi	カ	ka
Kun’yomi	しか.る	shikaru

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: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・匕.

Words using 叱

叱るしかるto scold

Example sentences

ママに叱られますよ。

You'll catch it from Mummy.

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Kanji with the same radical

同合員問和名向告品各台口営可商味

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