劇 — kanji meaning “drama”
劇
drama, play
- Meanings
- drama, play
- On'yomi
- ゲキ (geki)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #662 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 18
- Chinese reading
- jù — Chinese character page
Words with 劇
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劇場 | げきじょう gekijou | theatre; theater; playhouse |
| 悲劇 | ひげき higeki | tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play |
| 演劇 | えんげき engeki | drama; theatre; theater |
| 劇的 | げきてき gekiteki | dramatic; exciting; touching |
| 喜劇 | きげき kigeki | comedy |
| 劇団 | げきだん gekidan | troupe; theatrical company |
| 歌劇 | かげき kageki | opera |
| 観劇 | かんげき kangeki | theatre-going; theater-going |
| 惨劇 | さんげき sangeki | tragedy; tragic event |
| 劇薬 | げきやく gekiyaku | powerful medicine; strong poison |
| 劇画 | げきが gekiga | gekiga; manga with a realistic, dramatic art style and mature themes |
| 新劇 | しんげき shingeki | shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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