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Kanji: 激
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KANJI

激

16 strokes

READINGS

KUN 訓

はげしい

ON 音

ゲキ

STROKE ORDER

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 5 (completion of 6th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 6th grade in Japan
Radical:	水(氵,氺) Radical name: みず (さんずい、したみず）
Meaning:	Violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 600 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	急激(きゅうげき)	sudden, precipitous, radical
N3	刺激(しげき)	stimulus, impetus, incentive
N3	激(はげ)しい	violent, vehement, intense
N2	感激(かんげき)	deep emotion, impression, inspiration
N2	激増(げきぞう)	sudden increase
N1	激励(げきれい)	encouragement

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