Hanja Analyzer
激

激 — gyeok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
격할 격
Romanization
gyeok
English
arouse, excite, incite; quickly
Mandarin
jī
Japanese on'yomi
ゲキ, ケキ, キョウ, キャク
Japanese kun'yomi
はげ.しい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#560 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
水 (85, 13 residual)
Unicode
U+6FC0

Parts that make up 激

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 敫 빛이 흩어져 나가는 모양‘교·격’ 계열의 소리

How 激 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 激 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 敫.

Korean example words with 激

  • 격통激痛 Korean gloss: 심한 아픔
  • 격찬激讚 Korean gloss: 매우 칭찬함
  • 격돌激突 Korean gloss: 세차게 부딪침
  • 격난激難 Korean gloss: 매우 심한 난관
  • 격란激亂 Korean gloss: 몹시 심한 난리
  • 격무激務 Korean gloss: 몹시 고된 업무
  • 과격過激 Korean gloss: 정도가 지나치게 격렬함
  • 격론激論 Korean gloss: 몹시 세차고 사나운 논쟁
  • 격류激流 Korean gloss: 사납고 빠르게 흐르는 물
  • 격도激度 Korean gloss: 벌어지는 일의 격렬한 정도
  • 격성激聲 Korean gloss: 몹시 세차게 지르는 말소리
  • 격증激增 Korean gloss: 수량이 갑자기 늘거나 불어남

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 激

  • 急激きゅうげき sudden; abrupt; rapid
  • 刺激しげき stimulus; stimulation; irritation (esp. of the body, e.g. skin, eyes)
  • 過激かげき extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language)
  • 激戦げきせん fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest
  • 激動げきどう violent shock; agitation; turbulence
  • 激化げきか intensification; aggravation
  • 感激かんげき deep emotion; impression; inspiration
  • 激励げきれい encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
  • 激変げきへん sudden change; upheaval
  • 激論げきろん heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
  • 激減げきげん dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
  • 激突げきとつ crash; smashing (into); ramming

Other hanja read “격”

Other hanja with radical 水

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