激
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 水 +13
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 激
- Common rank
- #910
- Unicode
- U+6FC0
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 激 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 meaning “water” + 敫 sound ()
Components 氵 敫
How to remember it
excite · Heisig RSH #497
taskmaster + 白 white + 水 water + compass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 激
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化学激光器 | chemical laser | |
| 激光打印机 | laser printer | |
| 生长激素 | growth hormone | |
| 激进分子 | variant of 激進分子|激进分子[ji1 jin4 fen4 zi3] | |
| 激进分子 | radical; extremist | |
| 动情激素 | estrogen | |
| 激进主义 | radicalism | |
| 激光器 | laser | |
| 激光二极管 | laser diode | |
| 应激反应 | (physiological etc) stress | |
| 应激性 | irritable; sensitive; excitable | |
| 性激素 | sex hormone | |
| 激进化 | radicalization; to radicalize | |
| 激光雷达 | lidar | |
| 外激素 | pheromone | |
| 糖皮质激素 | glucocorticosteroid (corticosteroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex) | |
| 无任感激 | deeply obliged | |
| 激进武装 | armed extremists | |
| 激子 | exciton (physics) | |
| 激动 | to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 敫 — compare how they read.