Word Meaning 憎い

にくい nikui

憎い is read as にくい (nikui) and means hateful.

Meaning

English

hateful
abominable
poor-looking
detestable
amazing
fantastic
admirable
lovely

Reading

Kana

にくい

Romaji

nikui

Writing Variants

悪いにくい nikui

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Antonyms 可愛い,愛しい,良い・善い・好い Rank 15479 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

憎み合い

にくみあい

mutual hatred

憎悪

ぞうお

hatred

憎む

にくむ

to hate

憎み合う

にくみあう

to hate each other

憎しみ合う

にくしみあう

to hate each other

憎まれっ子

にくまれっこ

hated child

憎気

にくげ

hateful

憎まれっ子世にはばかる

にくまれっこよにはばかる

ill weeds grow apace

心憎い

こころにくい

refined

小憎らしい

こにくらしい

(speaking ironically) darling

小面憎い

こづらにくい

cheeky

愛憎

あいぞう

love and hate

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悪いやつ Bad Guy