苛

苛 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 9 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 8 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿一弓口 (TMNR), four-corner 4462₁, composition ⿱艹可)

• 𠶾 渮 𪻸 𦂭 𧪆 𮒠

• KangXi: page 1022, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30785
• Dae Jaweon: page 1481, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3187, character 3
• Unihan data for U+82DB

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːl) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ).

苛

1. harsh; severe; exacting

   嚴苛／严苛  ―  yánkē  ―  strict and harsh

   苛責／苛责  ―  kēzé  ―  to severely criticise

苛

1. (alt. form 訶／诃) to denounce; to condemn; to decry

苛

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to put on airs; to give oneself airs
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) supercilious; arrogant; haughty; proud

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. torment
2. (chemistry) (ateji) caustic

• Go-on: が (ga)
• Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
• Kun: いじめる (ijimeru, 苛める); さいなむ (sainamu, 苛む); こまかい (komakai); からい (karai, 苛い); いらだつ (iradatsu, 苛だつ)

From Middle Chinese 苛 (MC ɦɑ).

Wikisource 苛 (eumhun 매울 가 (mae'ul ga))

1. Hanja form^? of 가 (“harsh”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

苛: Hán Nôm readings: hà

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