# 激 — Fierce

Frequency rank 711 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 遺 (Leave Behind), less common than 林 (Forest).

- On’yomi: げき
- Kun’yomi: はげ
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

A tsunami on the left, white in the middle, direction and scarecrow on the right — a tsunami blasts a white scarecrow in every direction, a fierce and violent storm.

In words:

- 激しい はげしい — violent,vehement,intense
- 激増 げきぞう — sudden increase
- 激励 げきれい — encouragement

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