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辛 — kanji meaning “spicy”

spicy, bitter, hot, acrid

Meanings
spicy, bitter, hot, acrid
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
7
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Newspaper frequency
#1607 of 2,500
Classical radical
160
Chinese reading
xīn — Chinese character page

Words with 辛

WordReadingMeaning
からい karaispicy; hot
からくち karakuchidry taste (e.g. sake, wine)
こうしんりょう koushinryouspice; spices; condiment
しんぼう shinboupatience; endurance; perseverance
つらい tsuraipainful; bitter; heart-breaking
とうがらし tougarashicapsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne
かろうじて karoujitebarely; narrowly; only just
しんさん shinsanhardships; privation
づらい zuraidifficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
しおからい shiokaraisalty (taste); briny
しおから shiokarashiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
しんく shinkuhardship; toil; trouble

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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