辛

Spicy

Also: Bitter, Hot, Acrid, Painful

On'yomi

  • しん shin

Kun'yomi

  • から(い) karai
  • つら tsura
  • づら zura
  • かのと kanoto
Stroke count
7
Radical
辛 bitter · Kangxi radical 160
JLPT level
N2
School grade
Secondary school

辛 has 7 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 辛 (bitter), number 160. Hashidari places it at JLPT N2. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N2 kanji list · Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji