16 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 6th grade
JLPT exam level N1

violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite

Kun'yomi
  • violent ②extreme ③fervent ④incessant
On'yomi
  • ゲキ
    extremely

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ゲキ 69.4%
はげしい 30.6%

Character Breakdown

violent, get excited, enraged
ゲキ はげ.しい (6th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
ancient musical instrument
セク キョウ ケキ
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Common Words

violent ②extreme ③fervent ④incessant
stimulus ②impetus ③excitement
crash ②clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.)
extremely
fierce fighting
fierce battle
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References

Unicode hex code 6FC0
JIS X 0208 1-23-67
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2712
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3350
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 776
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 955
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 534
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 696
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 497
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 536
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 596
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1365
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 18438
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1210
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1017
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1056
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1506
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 859
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 990
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1039
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1254
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 509
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a13.1
Four corner code 3814.0
De Roo Code 366