Memory phrase for the Kanji: 苛

苛

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Meaning torment, severe, brutal, to bully, to tease, cruel

Pronunciation

KA

Explanation

Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: possibility 可 (The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.)

Mnemonic
 
(Is this related to weed or cannabis) "Grass" can be brutal.

Radicals

艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
可 possibility
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 Vocabulary

苛烈な かれつな  seriously
苛酷な かこくな  unrelenting, brutal
苛政 かせい  tyranny

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