The kanji 劇: meaning, readings and stroke order

劇

Meaning: drama, play
On reading: ゲキ geki
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 15
Radical: 刀 knife, sword
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kịch
Japanese: げき。しばい。
Korean: 연극 (극)
Chinese: 戏剧 (剧)

Readings, words and example sentences

ゲキ geki · on reading

劇げき場じょう
theater (for plays)
町の 劇げき場じょうでぶたいを見ます。
I watch a show at the town theater.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.