Kanji
N2 7 strokes Grade 8 freq #1607

spicy, bitter, hot, acrid

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

bitter karai

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

dry taste (e.g. sake, wine)
spice; spices
hardships; privation
patience; endurance
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
hardship; toil
narrow victory
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli)
sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste
mustard

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

barely; narrowly
spicy; hot
patient; persevering
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
salty (taste); briny
painful; bitter

Example sentences

I want something dry.

I barely caught the train.

I passed the examination with difficulty.

Everybody had a hard time.