Japanese Kanji

ratsu

pungent · spicy · harsh

Secondary school · 14 strokes

Readings

  • ONラツratsu
  • KUNから.いkara

Meaning

Pungent, spicy, harsh, cruel, severe.

Stroke order for 辣

辣 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. With 14 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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