One of the most complex characters found in modern Chinese dictionaries[48] is 齉 (U+9F49) nàng listen (help·info) (pictured below, middle image), meaning “snuffle” (that is, a pronunciation marred by a blocked nose), with “just” thirty-six strokes. However, this is not in common use. The most complex character that can be input using the Microsoft New Phonetic IME 2002a for Traditional Chinese is 龘 tà “the appearance of a dragon walking”; it is composed of the dragon radical represented three times, for a total of 16 × 3 = 48 strokes. Among the most complex characters in modern dictionaries and also in frequent modern use are 籲 yù (simplified chinese 吁) “to implore”, with 32 strokes; 鬱 yù (simplified chinese 郁): “luxuriant, lush; gloomy”, with 29 strokes, as in 憂鬱 yōuyù (simplified chinese 忧郁)”depressed”, with 15 and 29 strokes, respectively; 豔 yàn (simplified chinese 艳)”colorful”, with 28 strokes; and 釁 xìn (simplified chinese 衅) “quarrel”, with 25 strokes, as in 挑釁 tiǎoxìn “to pick a fight”. Also in occasional modern use is 鱻 xiān “fresh” (variant of 鮮 xiān) with 33 strokes.
In Japanese, an 84-stroke kokuji exists[49]—it is composed of three “cloud” (雲) characters on top of the abovementioned triple “dragon” character (龘). Also meaning “the appearance of a dragon in flight”, it has been pronounced おとど otodo, たいと taito, and だいと daito.
