激 = 氵 + 敫

激 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “arouse”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 敫 (ancient musical instrument).

Keyword: arouse
Pinyin (Mandarin): jī
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: arouse, excite, incite, возбуждать, подстрекать, excite, incite
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 激 violent

Decomposition

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氵 water
敫 ancient musical instrument

How to find 激 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “ancient musical instrument”. 激 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 激 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.