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嚇

Readings

Kana: カク、おど.す
Romaji: kaku, odo.su
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

menacing, dignity, majesty, threaten

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  30
Frequency:  2141
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-14
Korean Reading:  hyeog
Chinese Reading:  he4
Unicode:  5687
JIS:  3345

Indexes

Halpern Index: 784
Nelson Index: 1008
New Nelson Index: 915
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d14.1
Four Corner Index: 6403.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1080
Gakken Index: 2008
Daikanwanjiten Index: 4459
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1166
Remembering the kanji Index: 2026
Kodansha Compact Index: 313
Kanji in Context Index: 1925
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 539
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 702
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 2045
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2182
Essential Kanji Index: 1868
Kodansha Kanji Index: 964
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3741
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1867

Words

威嚇 (いかく)
menace; threat; intimidation; to threaten; to intimidate
威嚇的 (いかくてき)
threatening; menacing
赫々 (かくかく、かっかく)
brilliant; bright; glorious
脅かす (おどかす)
to threaten; to menace; to startle; to surprise
脅す (おどす)
to threaten; to menace; to bully
威嚇射撃 (いかくしゃげき)
warning shot
嚇怒 (かくど)
greatly enraged; furious
恐嚇 (きょうかく)
intimidation; threat
脅しつける (おどしつける)
to threaten; to terrify; to frighten
嚇す (かくす)
to threaten; to menace
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