辣 — pungent, spicy, harsh

らつ辣 pungent

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+8FA3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Heisig #1798 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

pungent
spicy
harsh
cruel
severe

word

らつ ratsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

辛(しん) 辣(らつ) shinratsu bitter

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

つらい辛 spicy #160

たば束 bundle

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#160 辛 bitter