活
active; lively; resuscitation; being helped; living
9 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 171.
Readings
- カツ (on reading): 活動 (かつどう) activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); 生活 (せいかつ) life
- いける (kun reading): 活け造り (いけづくり) sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape; 活け炭 (いけずみ) banked fire
- いきる (kun reading): 活きがいい (いきがいい) fresh (e.g. fish); 活きのいい (いきのいい) fresh (e.g. fish)
- いかす (kun reading)
Components
- 氵
- 舌
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 十 radical ten
- 口 radical mouth
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
- 舌 radical tongue
Kanji containing 活
- 闊 wide
Words using 活
- 活動 (かつどう) activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.)
- 生活 (せいかつ) life
- 活躍 (かつやく) activity (esp. energetic or successful)
- 復活 (ふっかつ) revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.)
- 活用 (かつよう) practical use
- 活け造り (いけづくり) sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape
- 活け炭 (いけずみ) banked fire
- 活け締め (いけじめ) draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh
- 活きがいい (いきがいい) fresh (e.g. fish)
- 活きのいい (いきのいい) fresh (e.g. fish)
- 活き造り (いきづくり) sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape
- 活じめ (いきじめ) fresh-frozen (e.g. fish)
- 活き締め (いきじめ) draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh
454 words in all.