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Readings

Kana: ラツ、から.い
Romaji: ratsu, kara.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

pungent, spicy, harsh, cruel, severe

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  160
Frequency: 
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-7-7
Korean Reading:  ral
Chinese Reading:  la4
Unicode:  8fa3
JIS:  6D65

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4647
New Nelson Index: 6001
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5b9.6
Four Corner Index: 0549.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 38646
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.1082
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1412
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1798
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1965

Words

辛辣 (しんらつ)
bitter; sharp; acrimonious
悪辣 (あくらつ)
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
ラー油 (ラーユ)
(Chinese) chili oil; chile oil; chilli oil
酸辣湯 (サンラータン、スーラータン、スアンラータン)
hot and sour soup
辣腕 (らつわん)
shrewdness; tact
辣韮 (らっきょう、らっきょ、ラッキョウ、ラッキョ)
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
山辣韮 (やまらっきょう)
Japanese onion (edible plant, Allium thunbergii)
辣白菜 (ラーパーツァイ、ラーバイサイ、ラーバイツァイ)
hot-and-sour cabbage
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