喝 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「曷」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

hoarse, scold

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カツJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音he1
  • 拼音he4
  • 한글gal
  • 한글ae
  • Hán-ViệtHát
  • Hán-ViệtỚi

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+559D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口曷

Words using this kanji

  • 喝破かっぱ大声で他人の意見を説き破ること。 まちがいを排し、真理を明らかにすること。arguing (someone) down, loudly scolding, rebuking, proclaiming (the truth)
  • 喝采かっさい声を上げてほめそやすこと。また、その声。cheers, applause, ovation, acclamation
  • かつ(カツ)大声で叱ること。 (カツ)禅宗で修行者に指導を与えること。 (カツ)恐喝。かつあげ。exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen), scolding or threatening with a shout
  • 喝食かっしきannouncing meals (at a Zen monastery), meal announcer, noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery
  • 喝食行者かっしきあんじゃmeal announcer (at a Zen monastery)
  • 喝采を送るかっさいをおくるto applaud, to cheer (for)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(16 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
6602.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d8.8
Heisig
491
Nelson
953