What is the Kanji for "Chastise", "Torment", and "Scold"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Chastise", "Torment", and "Scold", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Chastise", "Torment", and "Scold" is "苛".

This kanji has 4 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Saina", "Komakai", and "Irada".

Its onyomi reading is "Ka".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "艹" means "Grass" . And The kanji "可" means "Possible" and can be read as "Ka".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "苛" mean in japanese?

"苛" means "Chastise", "Torment", and "Scold".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

苛々: "Irritability". The Japanese noun '苛々 (いらいら)' refers to a state of irritability, restlessness, or agitation. It describes a negative emotional state characterized by frustration, impatience, or annoyance. This word is often used to express one's inner turmoil or displeasure when dealing with a stressful situation. For example: His irritability was obvious - (彼の苛々が明らかだった). I'm feeling so irritable today - (今日はとてもいらいらする).

苛める: "Bully". The Japanese verb '苛める (いじめる)' means 'to bully'. This verb describes the act of repeatedly tormenting, harassing, or mistreating another person, often in a school or workplace setting. It suggests a power imbalance where the bully abuses their authority or strength to intimidate and torment the victim. For example: The bullies picked on the new student - (新しい生徒をいじめる). She was bullied by her classmates - (彼女は同級生にいじめられていた).

苛め: "Bullying". The Japanese noun '苛め (いじめ)' refers to the act of bullying or tormenting someone. It describes repetitive, intentional, and abusive behavior towards a victim, often by one or more individuals with more power. Bullying can take physical, verbal, or psychological forms, and is considered a serious social issue in Japan. Examples: He was the victim of bullying at school - (彼は学校でいじめの被害にあった). Bullying is unacceptable behavior - (いじめは許容できない行為である).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "な" is read as "na". The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma". The hiragana "ら" is read as "ra". And The hiragana "だ" is read as "da".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.