JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2
酷

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
酉
Components
ノ • 口 • 土 • 酉
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji
皓 • 誥 • 靠 • 窖 • 硞 • 告 • 俈

Related vocabulary

27 common entries

Showing 27 of 45 entries that include this kanji.

厳しい

きびしい

hard (to do)

酷寒

こっかん

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

酷い

ひどい

very bad

酷似

こくじ

resembling closely

酷

こく

severe

酷く

ひどく

terribly

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

そんな酷いことは言わないで。

Don't say something that cruel.

彼は酷い扱いを受けた。

He was treated cruelly.

今年の夏は暑さが酷い。

This summer's heat is severe.

昨日は頭痛が酷くて仕事にならなかった。

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

あの事故の被害は酷かった。

The damage from that accident was atrocious.