Meanings
- angry
- be offended
Strokes9
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1221 of 2,500
Kanji N3
怒: angry, be offended
怒 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning angry, be offended, written with 9 strokes. It is read ド, ヌ (on) and いかる, おこる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 怒る (おこる, to get angry) and 怒り (いかり, anger).
怒
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ド
- ヌ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- いかる
- おこる
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 怒
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- 怒るおこるJLPT N4
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper
- 怒りいかりJLPT N1
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
- JLPT N2
- 怒らせるおこらせる
to make (someone) angry; to anger; to offend
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