Meanings
Spicy, Bitter, Hot, Acrid
Radicals
Decomposition
โฟฑ็ซๅ
Etymology
Pictographic: A hot iron used to brand prisoners and slaves
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Words Using This Kanji
69 words totalfive pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
Metal Ox (38th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1961, 2021, 2081)
Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071)
Metal Sheep (8th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1931, 1991, 2051)
Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)
Xinhai Revolution (of China; 1911)
slightly spicy
very spicy
medium-spicy
Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)
Siebold's wild ginger (Asarum sieboldii)
pain
pent-up resentment
spicy
acrid
harshly
semi-dry
spicy food
be mean to me and I'll be mean in return
be mean to me and I'll be mean in return