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
Radical: 酉
Meaning: wine, alcohol
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
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