Entry
  1. Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

    violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity; fierceness; keenness

    我々の会社は激烈な競争に耐えきれなかった。
    Our company failed to survive against cutthroat competition.

Also written 劇烈【げきれつ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite

Kun
はげ.しい
On
ゲキ
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
560 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 26

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-13SKIP code
3a13.1The Kanji Dictionary
3814.0Four corner code
366deroo
6fc0Unicode hex code
1-23-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2712Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3350New Nelson (John Haig)
776New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
955Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
534Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
696Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
497Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
536Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
596A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1365Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18438Morohashi
1210A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1017Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1056Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1506Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
859henshall3
990Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1039Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1254Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
509Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji1Pinyin reading
gyeogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ardent, violent, vehement, furious, severe, extreme

Kun
はげ.しい
On
レツ
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1397 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 29

Built from

Used in names as

やす

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-6-4SKIP code
4d6.3The Kanji Dictionary
1233.0Four corner code
3140deroo
70c8Unicode hex code
1-46-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2761Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3420New Nelson (John Haig)
2652New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3286Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2308Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
814Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
877Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1382A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1211Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1199Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18987Morohashi
1929A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1331Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1414Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1515Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1363Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1708Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1276Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
822Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
lie4Pinyin reading
ryeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
29WaniKani level