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嚇 = 口 + 赫
嚇 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “upbraid”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 赫 (incandescent). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2182.
- Keyword
- upbraid
- RTK frame
- 2182
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- おど.す
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- menacing, дерзкий
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 嚇 scare
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 嚇 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “incandescent”. 嚇 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 嚇 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.