14 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

pungent, spicy, harsh, cruel, severe

Kun'yomi
  • から
On'yomi
  • ラツ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ラツ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

pungent, spicy, harsh
ラツ から.い (11th)
spicy, bitter, hot
つら.い シン から.い (8th, N2)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
bundle, sheaf, ream
ソク たば つか (4th, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

bitter (e.g. criticism)
Japanese onion (Allium thunbergii)
hot and sour noodles (Szechuan dish)
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References

Unicode hex code 8FA3
JIS X 0208 1-77-69
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4647
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6001
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1965
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1412
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1798
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 38646
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1585
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5b9.6
Four corner code 0549.6