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激 = 水 + 白 + 方 + 攵
激 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “violent”. It is built from 水 (water), 白 (white), 方 (direction) and 攵 (rap). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 536.
- Keyword
- violent
- RTK frame
- 536
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ゲキ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- はげ.しい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- насильственный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 激 arouse
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 激 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “white” + “direction”. 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.