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JLPT N2 kanji · Chapter 29

辛 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

spicy; painful; hard

On: シンshin
Kun: からいkarai つらいtsurai かのとkanoto づらいzurai

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

辛7 strokes

How to write 辛: stroke order

辛 has 7 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

辛 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 辛 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 辛

The parts 辛 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

立
stand; establish
十
ten

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