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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

  1. 口 mouth
  2. 赫 incandescent

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.

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