劇

drama, play

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゲキ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:15

JLPT:N2

Frequency:662

Vocabulary

ゲキ

Word	Reading	Meaning
演劇	エンゲキ	drama; theatre; theater; play
歌劇	カゲキ	opera
観劇	カンゲキ	theatre-going; theater-going
喜劇	キゲキ	comedy
急劇	キュウゲキ	sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
劇	げき	drama; play; powerful drug
劇しい	はげしい	violent; furious; tempestuous; extreme; intense; fierce; strong; fervent; vehement; incessant; relentless; precipitous; steep
劇作家	げきさっか	playwright; dramatist
劇場通い	げきじょうがよい	attending shows
演劇付く	えんげきづく	to be absorbed in a play

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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tyrannize, oppress

void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

surplus, besides

house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

consummate, accomplish, attain, commit (suicide)