激 is the Japanese kanji for violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite. It is written with 16 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is はげ.しい and its on reading is ゲキ.
Stroke order
Words with 激
- 急激sudden, abrupt, rapid
- 刺激stimulus, stimulation, irritation (esp. of the body, e.g. skin, eyes)
- 過激extreme (measure, idea, etc.), radical, violent (language)
- 激動violent shock, agitation, turbulence
- 感激deep emotion, impression, inspiration
- 激励encouragement, spurring (on), cheering (on)
Practice 激 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.