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激

Fierce
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingゲキ
Kun readingはげ.しい
JōyōGrade 6Level 26

Verbs with «激»

刺激する感激する激減する
  1. violent
  2. furious
  3. tempestuous
  4. extreme
  5. intense

Popular Usage

急激刺激感激激増激励

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · white (白) · dove · compass · direction (方) · taskmaster

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 536

Compound words

急激きゅうげき
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic
刺激しげき
stimulus; stimulation; irritation (esp. of the body, e.g. skin, eyes); impetus; impulse
感激かんげき
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
激励げきれい
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
過激かげき
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive
激化げきか
intensification; aggravation
激減げきげん
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
激情げきじょう
violent emotion; passion; fury
激戦げきせん
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
激怒げきど
rage; fury
激動げきどう
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval
激突げきとつ
crash; smashing (into); ramming; (violent) collision; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.)
激流げきりゅう
raging stream; rapids
激甚げきじん
intense; violent; severe; vehement
激論げきろん
heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
激変げきへん
sudden change; upheaval
激しいはげしい
violent; furious; tempestuous; extreme; intense
矯激きょうげき
radical
激昂げっこう
excitement
激臭げきしゅう
pungent smell
激暑げきしょ
severe heat
激的げきてき
dramatic
激闘げきとう
fierce fighting
激毒げきどく
deadly poison

Additional Examples

彼は彼らのやる気の無さに激怒した。
He was incensed by their lack of incentives.tatoeba
彼は得票数で彼女と激しく競いあっている。
He is seriously competing with her in the polling score.tatoeba
その結果、官人の数が激増した。
This resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of government officials.wiki
伊勢松阪の本居宣長を訪れ、大いに激励を受ける。
He called on Norinaga MOTOORI in Matsuzaka, Ise Province, and was greatly encouraged by him.wiki
このとき、海軍の山本権兵衛が政友会本部を激励のために訪れている。
At this time, Gonbei YAMAMOTO of the Navy visited the Seiyu-kai Party headquarters to encourage them.wiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Fierce, intense. 氵 (water) + 敫 (strike) — water crashing against rocks. 激しい — violent.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 激

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