JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2

Meaning

Kanji 酷

cruel

cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ひど.い
Onyomi 音読み
コク
Nanori 名乗り
あつ

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1596
Strokes
14
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 23 common entries

Showing 23 of 45 entries that include this kanji.

酷しい

きびしい

hard (to do)

酷寒

こくかん

severe cold

酷暑

こくしょ

intense heat

酷評

こくひょう

severe criticism

酷使

こくし

exploitation

酷似

こくじ

resembling closely

こく

severe

酷悪

こくあく

inhuman

酷寒猛暑

こっかんもうしょ

bitter cold and fierce heat

酷遇

こくぐう

maltreatment

酷刑

こっけい

severe punishment

酷暑日

こくしょび

day on which the temperature rises above 40°C

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

そんないことは言わないで。

Don't say something that cruel.

彼はい扱いを受けた。

He was treated cruelly.

今年の夏は暑さがい。

This summer's heat is severe.

昨日は頭痛がくて仕事にならなかった。

Yesterday my headache was so severe that I couldn't work.

あの事故の被害はかった。

The damage from that accident was atrocious.