| Kanji | 酷 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | コク |
| Kunyomi | ひど.い |
| English | cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust |
| Examples | 残酷(ざんこく): cruelty; harshness 冷酷(れいこく): cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless 酷い(ひどい): (1) cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe (2) violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme (3) very bad; terrible; awful (4) excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1596 |
| Components | 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164) 告: revelation; tell; inform; announce |
| Number of Strokes | 14 |
| Kanji Radical | 酉 |
| Radical Number | 164 |
| Radical Strokes | 7 |
| Radical Reading | とり・とりへん・ひよみのとり・さけのとり |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | cruel |
| Koohii Story 1 | It´s cruel to pour alcohol down a cow´s mouth. |
| Koohii Story 2 | There is a saying that a drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts. Be careful about giving someone a bottle of whiskey, you may get some revelations about their cruelty. Of course, they'll just say that it's the whiskey speaking. |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000
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