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Kanji: 辛

KANJI
7 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
から
つら
かのと
 ON 音 
シン
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N2 (upper intermediate level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 3 (completion of 9th grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 7th through 9th grades in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
からい
Meaning:
Spicy, bitter, hot, acrid
Usage:
Appears rarely in Japanese newspapers; about 1600 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(から)
Spicy
N3
(つら)
painful, heart-breaking
N2
(しおから)
salty (taste)
N1
(かろ)うじて
barely, narrowly, just manage to do st
N1
(こうしんりょう)
spices
N1
(しんぼう)
patience, endurance
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