| Kanji | 憎 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ゾウ | 
| Kunyomi | にく.む、にく.い、にく.らしい、にく.しみ | 
| English | hate, detest | 
| Examples | 憎しみ(にくしみ): hatred 憎む(にくむ): to hate; to detest 生憎(あいにく): unfortunately; Sorry, but ... 憎らしい(にくらしい): odious; hateful 憎い(にくい): (1) hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable (2) amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful | 
| JLPT Level | 2 | 
| Jouyou Grade | S | 
| Frequency | 1808 | 
| Components | 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 曽: formerly; once; before; ever; never; ex- | 
| Number of Strokes | 14 | 
| Kanji Radical | 心 | 
| Radical Number | 61 | 
| Radical Strokes | 4 | 
| Radical Reading | こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん | 
| Traditional Form | 憎 | 
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic | 
| Keyword | hate | 
| Koohii Story 1 | Like the saying goes, Hate just begets Hate. A state of mind that just increases and increases until it explodes. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | Data´s one true emotion is hate for Prince´s music. (Image: Data hunched over hands to his ears and screaming while Picard bobs to Purple Rain). | 
| RTK Index (new) | 673 | 
Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_emotion.sense_emotion
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