Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: wine, alcohol

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コク severe, harsh, stringent, rigorous, strict, unfair

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

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

ゲンコク severity, rigor, rigour

Kunyomi Examples

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