ちょう
挑
はつ
発
てき
的

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. provocative, incendiary, inflammatory.
  2. suggestive, lascivious, risqué.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ちょう
挑
はつ
発
てき
的
 挑発的 ちょうはつてき ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

challenge, contend for, make love to
チョウ　いど.む (Early High School, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
portent, 10**12, trillion
チョウ　きざ.す (4th, N2)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ　こおり (Kentei 1)
departure, discharge, publish
ハツ　ホツ　た.つ (3rd, N4)
dotted tent radical (no. 105)
ハツ (Kentei 1)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)
bull's eye, mark, target
テキ　まと　いくは (4th)
white
しろ　ハク　しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
シャク (N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)