The kanji 辣: meaning, readings and stroke order

辣

Meaning: spicy, harsh
On reading: ラツ ratsu
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 14
Radical: 辛 bitter
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cay, gay gắt (lạt)
Japanese: からい。きびしい。
Korean: 맵다, 신랄하다 (랄)
Chinese: 辣、尖刻

Readings, words and example sentences

ラツ ratsu · on reading · less common

辛しん辣らつ
harsh, sharp-tongued
辛しん辣らつな意見でした。
It was a harsh opinion.

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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.