| 苛 | |||
| small, petty; harsh, rigorous | |||
| Radical | 䒑艸艹艹艹 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | kē hē hé | Cantonese reading | ho1 |
| Japanese on reading | ka ga | Japanese kun reading | komakai karai iradatsu |
| Korean reading | ka | Vietnamese reading | |
| Specialized Semantic Variant(s) |
哼 | ||
| 苛性钠 | [ kē xìng nà ] caustic soda, sodium hydroxide NaOH |
| 苛性钾 | [ kē xìng jiǎ ] caustic potash, potassium hydroxide KOH |
| 苛捐杂税 | [ kē juān zá shuì ] exorbitant taxation (idiom) |
| 苛政猛于虎 | [ kē zhèng měng yú hǔ ] tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger (idiom) |
| 苛责 | [ kē zé ] to criticize harshly, to excoriate |
| ⇒ 严苛 | [ yán kē ] severe, harsh |