嚇

menace; menacing; dignity; majesty; threaten

17 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2141.

Readings

• カク (on reading): 威嚇 (いかく) threat; 威嚇射撃 (いかくしゃげき) warning shot
• おどす (kun reading)

Components

• 口
• 赫
• 口 radical mouth
• 土 radical earth
• 赤 radical red

Words using 嚇

• 威嚇 (いかく) threat
• 威嚇射撃 (いかくしゃげき) warning shot
• 恐嚇 (きょうかく) intimidation
• 威嚇的 (いかくてき) threatening
• 嚇す (かくす) to threaten

6 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists