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辛

JLPT N2 7 strokes Frequency: #1607

Meanings

Spicy, Bitter, Hot, Acrid

Radicals

辛

Decomposition

⿱立十

Etymology

Pictographic: A hot iron used to brand prisoners and slaves

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シン shin

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かのと kanoto

つら tsura

から kara

Words Using This Kanji

69 words total

Other (20 words)

depressing

hottish

barely

barely

salty-sweet

dry sake

pungent taste

Metal Boar (48th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1911, 1971, 2031)

辛い目に会うつらいめにあう

to have a hard time of it

点が辛いてんがからい

severe in marking

塩辛声しおからごえ

hoarse voice

甘辛あまから

sweetness and saltiness

言い辛いいいづらい

difficult to speak about

い辛っぽいいがらっぽい

feeling rough (of the throat)

甘辛両党あまからりょうとう

taste for both wines and sweets

hardships and joys

extremely spicy

mustard paste

chili pepper

Metal Rooster (58th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1921, 1981, 2041)

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