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Mouth Upbraid 嚇 カク おど.す Menacing Dignity Majesty

Kanji
Onyomi カク
Kunyomi おど.す
English menacing, dignity, majesty, threaten
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2141
Components 口: mouth
赫: suddenly; brighten; illuminate; light up
Number of Strokes 17
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 30
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading くち・くちへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword upbraid
Koohii Story 1 To upbraid someone, you criticize them in a menacing way. In other words, you jaw at them with your MOUTH until both sides of their face turn RED (hence the double-red).
Koohii Story 2 Tip: Heisig later names 赫 "red + red" as incandescent (#2908). Story: "So the boss upbraided you, huh?". "Yep, his mouth was incandescent.
RTK Index (new) 2182

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500

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