Japanese symbol for “touchy”
怒りっぽい
おこりっぽい
Romaji: okorippoi
hot-tempered; quick to take offense; quick to take offence; irascible
In Japanese, touchy is 怒りっぽい, read おこりっぽい (okorippoi).
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Meanings
- adj-i hot-tempered; quick to take offense; quick to take offence; irascible; touchy
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “touchy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 機徴 | きちょう kichou | sensitive; touchy; delicate |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怒り | いかり ikari | anger; rage; fury |
| 怒る | おこる okoru | to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper |
| 激怒 | げきど gekido | rage; fury |
| 怒鳴る | どなる donaru | to shout (in anger); to yell |
| 喜怒哀楽 | きどあいらく kidoairaku | human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings |
| 怒涛 | どとう dotou | surging waves; raging billows |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.