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苛 means 'irritation'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1765   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-31    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 27 words   Used in 28 words   Used in 5 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
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   カ
Kun
   いら irritation
Additional readings
Kun    からい spicy   いらだつ to be irritated   いじめる bully   さいなむ to torment   こまかい
Notes
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With just one kanji, you can say all of the following: “I get annoyed when I am kept waiting,” “His incompetence began to irritate everyone,” “Even the smallest thing irritated him,” “He committed suicide because he was bullied,” and “He was tormented by a sense of guilt.” Also find out how 苛 connects to prickly plants, how to talk about training hard, and how tyranny can seem brilliant.
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Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  可 good; possible  
See also
辛 spicy  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 苛 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 苛 is used 21 times, read 4 ways.
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カ : 11 words FIND ALL
か こ く 0
rigour; rigor; severity; cruelty; harsh
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いら : 1 word FIND ALL
い ら い ら 1 い ら い ら 0
Most common form: いらいら
getting nervous; irritation  (often written with kana only)
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いじめる : 6 words FIND ALL
い じ め っ こ 0
noun
bully
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さいなむ : 3 words FIND ALL
き り さ い な む 5
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to cut to pieces; to torment
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An additional 7 less common words include 苛 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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苛
カ   いら irritation   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
亅
hook
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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艹
grass   
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