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Ugly Bird Sign Sake 醜 シュウ みにく.い、しこ Unclean

Kanji
Onyomi シュウ
Kunyomi みにく.い、しこ
English ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking
Examples 醜い(みにくい): (1) ugly; unattractive (2) unsightly; unseemly
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2074
Components 酉: west; bird; sign of the bird; 5-7PM; tenth sign of Chinese zodiac; sake radical (no. 164)
鬼: ghost; devil
Number of Strokes 17
Kanji Radical
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 ugly
Koohii Story 1 The ugly oni can´t get a date so he drinks sake by himself at the bar.
Koohii Story 2 Drinking too much whisky can make you as ugly as an oni.
RTK Index (new) 2176

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500

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