← Back

劇

Drama
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingゲキ
JōyōGrade 6Level 17
  1. powerful drug

Synonyms

演劇芝居

Popular Usage

劇場演劇喜劇劇団

Radicals and components

Radical刀knife刂variant
Components
How it's built
劇
    • →
      • →
      • →
        • →
    • →
  • →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

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
楽劇がくげき
musical play
活劇かつげき
action film
急劇きゅうげき
sudden
劇詩げきし
dramatic poem
劇臭げきしゅう
pungent smell
劇暑げきしょ
severe heat
劇壇げきだん
the stage
劇評げきひょう
drama criticism
劇烈げきれつ
violence

Additional Examples

彼は彼の今度の劇の原稿を私に見せてくれた。
He showed me the manuscript of his new play.tatoeba
彼は劇作家である。
He is a dramatist.tatoeba
国立劇場委嘱作品。
A work commissioned by the National Theaterwiki
場所劇場の後方に陣取る。
For practicing kakegoe, the audience should take the posterior seats in the auditorium.wiki
母は元宝塚歌劇団女優。
His mother is a former Takarazuka Revue actress.wiki
1952年、毎日演劇賞劇団賞受賞。
1952, Mainichi Theater Prize, Theater Troupe Prizewiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Drama; intense. 豦 (tiger and boar fighting) + 刂 (knife) — a fierce clash, like on a stage.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 劇

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step