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劇

drama
Stroke count: 15

Readings

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JōyōGrade 6KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. dramaRtK
  2. play

Popular Usage

劇場演劇喜劇劇団

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tiger · sow · pig · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2152

Compound words

劇場げきじょう
theatre; theater; playhouse
演劇えんげき
drama; theatre; theater; play
喜劇きげき
comedy
劇団げきだん
troupe; theatrical company
歌劇かげき
opera
観劇かんげき
theatre-going; theater-going
劇作げきさく
playwriting
劇的げきてき
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
劇薬げきやく
powerful medicine; strong poison
剣劇けんげき
sword play; samurai drama
悲劇ひげき
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity
劇画げきが
gekiga; manga with a realistic, dramatic art style and mature themes; kamishibai; storytelling with pictures
新劇しんげき
shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
時代劇じだいげき
historical play; period drama
国立劇場こくりつげきじょう
national theater

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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