苛
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severe; exacting
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 苛
- Common rank
- #3,291
- Unicode
- U+82DB
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
exacting · Heisig RSH #1582
flower + 可 can
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 苛
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苛性 | caustic (chemistry) | |
| 苛捐杂税 | exorbitant taxation (idiom) | |
| 苛性钠 | sodium hydroxide NaOH; caustic soda | |
| 苛求 | demanding | |
| 苛性钾 | caustic potash; potassium hydroxide KOH | |
| 苛刻 | harsh; severe; demanding | |
| 严苛 | severe; harsh | |
| 苛责 | to criticize harshly; to excoriate | |
| 苛捐 | exorbitant levies |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 可 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可 sound part | may, can, -able; possibly | |
| 阿 | an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations | |
| 河 | river, stream; the Yellow river | |
| 柯 | axe-handle, bough, stalk; surname | |
| 呵 | to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated) | |
| 诃 | to scold loudly, to curse, to abuse | |
| 坷 | uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil | |
| 轲 | axle | |
| 蚵 | oyster | |
| 岢 | the name of a mountain | |
| 疴 | sickness, illness; pain | |
| 哿 | excellent, capable; happy; to commend | |
| 舸 | barge, large boat | |
| 钶 | columbium |