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凄 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「冫」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「冫」
On
セイ・サイせい・さい · sei · sai
Kun
さむ.い・すご.い・すさ.まじいsamu.i · sugo.i · susa.majii
Meaning
tremendous; ghastly

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Ice plus a phonetic element: a chill that presses in on you — awesome, ghastly.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセイせいsei凄惨せいさん凄絶せいぜつ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 凄絶せいぜつ

    intense; harrowing

  • 凄まじいすさまじい

    tremendous; terrific

More words with this kanji

  • 凄惨せいさん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

昨夜(さくや)は凄(すさ)まじい風(かぜ)が吹(ふ)いた。

A tremendous wind blew last night.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

凄絶凄絶to cea…冶smelti…冬winter冱to fre…冷cold冴be cle…丼bowl采take塞block…醒awaken叉fork
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 冫Map of reading セイAll maps

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