# 喧 fight or quarrel

口 (mouth/small box radical) + 宣 (announce)
★★★☆☆
12 strokes
SIDEKICK
Here's the time you'll mostly see this: 喧嘩(kenka), meaning "a fight".
喧嘩 is an interesting jukugo, because BOTH kanji are SIDEKICKS; they are normally only encountered with each other.
It makes sense to study this as one big kanji.
Sure, it’s a a complicated mess of lines, but check it out: both kanji have the ‘mouth’ radical on the left side.
‘S far as I know ,there ARE NO OTHER jukugo where that is true. So don’t even learn the rest of the ‘kenka’ radicals! Concentrate on the mouths: think of two people fighting, both with their mouths open and yelling like some Springer shit. You’ll be ok.

## Onyomi

KEN |

## Mnemonic

## Kunyomi

やかま＊しい | annoying because noisy or loud - can be used of a person OR place. ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

喧嘩(けんか) する | to fight or argue ★★☆☆☆ KANA

## Synonyms

fight 喧嘩 戦う 闘う もみあい 殴り合い 戦闘 合戦
hustle and bustle にぎやか 大騒ぎ 喧騒 やかましい