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酷

JLPT N1 14 strokes Frequency: #1596

Meanings

Cruel, Severe, Atrocious, Unjust

Radicals

酉

Decomposition

⿰酉告

Etymology

Pictophonetic: wine

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 14

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical bottom-to-top

3 corner bottom-to-top

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 diagonal right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical right-to-left

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

13 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

14 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コク koku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひど hido

Words Using This Kanji

34 words total

Other (20 words)

厳酷げんこく

severity

酷使こくし

exploitation

酷烈こくれつ

severity

酷似こくじ

resembling closely

酷刑こっけい

severe punishment

酷評こくひょう

severe criticism

酷暑こくしょ

intense heat

酷寒こっかん

severe cold

酷税こくぜい

heavy taxation

残酷ざんこく

cruel

冷酷れいこく

cruelty

過酷かこく

severe

酷薄こくはく

cruel

酷いひどい

cruel

severe

酷熱こくねつ

intense heat

酷吏こくり

unsparing official

酷遇こくぐう

maltreatment

惨酷さんこく

atrocity

こっ酷いこっぴどい

(really) terrible

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