Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1463 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh

Kunyomi: みじ.め いた.む むご.い

Onyomi: サン ザン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: heart

Examples

Onyomi Examples

サン appalling

サンジ disaster, tragedy, tragic incident, horrible accident

セイサン ghastly, gruesome, appalling, lurid

インサン sadness and gloom

残虐 ザンギャク cruel, brutal, savage, barbarous

残酷 ザンコク cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman

冷酷無 レイコクムザン cruel and heartless, merciless, implacable, cold-blooded

Kunyomi Examples

みじめ miserable, wretched, unhappy, sad, pitiable

むごい cruel, merciless, pitiless, brutal, atrocious, inhuman, tragic, horrible, terrible, dreadful, miserable, ugly, horrifying