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辣 = 辛 + 束
辣 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bitter”. It is built from 辛 (spicy) and 束 (bundle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1798.
- Keyword
- bitter
- RTK frame
- 1798
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ラツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- から.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- pungent, горький
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 辣 peppery
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 辣 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “spicy” + “bundle”. 辣 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 辣 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.