Word Meaning 嗜虐

しぎゃく shigyaku

嗜虐 is read as しぎゃく (shigyaku) and means sadism.

Meaning

English

  1. sadism

Reading

Kana

しぎゃく

Romaji

shigyaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 160018 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

嗜虐心

しぎゃくしん

sadistic desires

嗜虐性

しぎゃくせい

sadism

嗜虐的

しぎゃくてき

sadistic

嗜好

しこう

taste

暴虐

ぼうぎゃく

tyranny

残虐

ざんぎゃく

cruel

自虐

じぎゃく

self-torture

八虐

はちぎゃく

eight unpardonable crimes (in ancient Japanese law)

加虐

かぎゃく

causing pain

被虐

ひぎゃく

suffering (as a result of maltreatment)

虐殺

ぎゃくさつ

slaughter

虐げる

しいたげる

to oppress