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Tiger Play Drama Theatre Theater Radical Sow 劇

Kanji
Onyomi ゲキ
English drama, play
Examples 劇場(げきじょう): theatre; theater; playhouse
劇(げき): (1) drama; play (2) powerful drug
演劇(えんげき): drama; theatre; theater; play
悲劇(ひげき): tragedy; disaster
喜劇(きげき): comedy; funny show
劇団(げきだん): troupe; theatrical company
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 662
Components 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141)
豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152)
刀: sword; saber; knife
Number of Strokes 15
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 18
Radical Strokes 2
Radical Reading かたな・りっとう
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword drama
Koohii Story 1 There would be a lot of drama if a tiger tried to eat a sow but then the sow attacked it with a saber.
Koohii Story 2 A great Indian drama acted out every year is how a poor Bengali boy fended off the tigers from his pigs using only a sabre.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade6, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_human.activities_culture.art

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