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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

Kunyomi: ひど.い

Onyomi: コク

Composition: 酉 告

酷

Radical

Radical: 酉

Meaning: wine, alcohol

Reading: ひよみのとり

Frequency: 290

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

酉

Examples

Onyomi Examples

酷 (コク) severe, harsh, stringent, rigorous, strict, unfair

酷似 (コクジ) resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness

残忍冷酷 (ザンニンレイコク) atrocious and cold-blooded, cruel, brutal, merciless

厳酷 (ゲンコク) severity, rigor, rigour

Kunyomi Examples

酷い (ひどい) cruel, heartless, hard, harsh, severe, violent, intense, strong, heavy, extreme, very bad, terrible, awful, excessive, exorbitant, unreasonable, outrageous, unfair, unjust

ひどい風邪 (ひどいかぜ) bad cold

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