赫 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 赤い。
  2. 光輝く。
  3. 明らかな。
  4. 怒る。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

suddenly, brighten, illuminate, light up

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カク
Kun (native)
  • あかい
  • あか
  • かがや(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音he4
  • 한글hyeog
  • Hán-ViệtHách

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
赤(あか)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8D6B

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰赤赤

Words using this kanji

  • 赫々かくかくbrilliant, bright, glorious
  • 赫然かくぜんviolent and angry, shining, glittering, sparkling
  • 赫奕かくえき光り輝くさま。 盛大なさま。bright, beaming, brilliant, glowing
  • 赫灼かくしゃくbright, beaming, brilliant, glittering

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-7
Four Corner
4433.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b11.8
Heisig
2917
Nelson
4537