Kanken 1 / Pre-Level 1
慘

Meaning

Kanji 慘

cruel

cruel, pitiful, sad, wretched

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
いた.むみじ.めむご.い
Onyomi 音読み
サン
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 惨 (Shinjitai)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
14
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1 / Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
滲 • 蔘 • 摻 • 嘇 • 墋 • 參 • 傪

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

戦争の跡は今見ても慘い。

The traces of war still look cruel and horrifying even now.

彼は慘い仕打ちに耐えてきた。

He has endured cruel treatment.

慘した表情で彼女は何も言えなかった。

She could not say anything, wearing such a pitiful expression.

事故現場はあまりにも慘かった。

The accident scene was too dreadful to look at.

彼の慘い暮らしぶりに胸が痛んだ。

My heart ached at his wretched way of living.