Kanji N1

激: violent, get excited, enraged

激 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning violent, get excited, enraged, written with 16 strokes. It is read ゲキ (on) and はげしい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 急激 (きゅうげき, sudden) and 刺激 (しげき, stimulus).

激

Meanings

  • violent
  • get excited
  • enraged
  • chafe
  • incite
Strokes16
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#560 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ゲキ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • はげしい

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 激

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 急激きゅうげき

    sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

    JLPT N3
  • 刺激しげき

    stimulus; stimulation

    JLPT N3
  • 感激かんげき

    deep emotion; impression; inspiration

    JLPT N2
  • 激励げきれい

    encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)

    JLPT N1
  • 激しいはげしい

    violent; furious; tempestuous

    JLPT N3
  • 激増げきぞう

    sharp increase; sudden rise

    JLPT N2
  • 過激かげき

    extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical

  • 激戦げきせん

    fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.