Word Meaning

しこ shiko

醜 is read as しこ (shiko) and means strong and frightening thing.

Meaning

English

  1. strong and frightening thing
  2. unworthy
  3. insignificant
  4. humble
  5. ugly
  6. repulsive
  7. detestable
  8. contemptible

Reading

Kana

しこ

Romaji

shiko

Writing Variants

  • しこ shiko

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms Rank 138533 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

醜女

しゅうじょ

female demon

醜い

みにくい

ugly

醜態

しゅうたい

disgraceful behavior

醜聞

しゅうぶん

scandal

醜悪

しゅうあく

ugly

Example Sentences

10

かれはじぶんのみにくいかおをかがみでみつめた。

he stared at his ugly face in the mirror.

そんなみにくいいいあらそいはやめよう。

let's stop that ugly quarrel.

しっとでこころがみにくくなる。

jealousy makes the heart ugly.

かれはかいぎでしゅうたいをさらした。

he made a disgraceful spectacle of himself at the meeting.

ひとのしっぱいをわらうのはみにくい。

laughing at someone else's failure is ugly.

かべのみにくいしみがきになる。

the ugly stain on the wall bothers me.

かのじょはそのじけんをまちのしゅうぶんだといった。

she called the incident a scandal that shamed the town.

がいけんだけでひとをみにくいときめつけてはいけない。

you must not judge a person as ugly based only on appearance.

そのちょうこくにはどくとくのみにくさがある。

that sculpture has a distinctive ugliness.

Do you think I'm ugly?