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酷 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「酉」

道
準2High school level ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「酉」
On
コクこく · koku
Kun
ひど.いhido.i
Meaning
cruel; severe

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

酉 "wine" with 告: a wine of heavy taste — hence excessive, harsh, cruel.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコクこくkoku酷似こくじ冷酷れいこく残酷ざんこく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 残酷ざんこく

    cruel; brutal

  • 酷似こくじ

    a close resemblance

More words with this kanji

  • 苛酷かこく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

残酷(ざんこく)な場面(ばめん)は見(み)たくない。

I do not want to see cruel scenes.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

酷似残酷酷似to res…残remain酌pour…酢vinega…酬repay酪dairy…醜ugly殻husk告to tel…克overco…谷valley国countr…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 酉Map of reading コクAll maps

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