酷 — Chinese character
酷
kù
strong, stimulating; ruthless, intense
- Pinyin
- kù
- Radical
- 164 ⾣ (Wine)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 酉 告
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wine; meaning component 酉; sound component 告
- Japanese
- 酷 as a kanji
Common words with 酷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 残酷 (殘酷) | cán kù | cruel; harsh; merciless |
| 酷刑 | kù xíng | cruelty; torture |
| 冷酷 | lěng kù | unfeeling; callous |
| 严酷 (嚴酷) | yán kù | bitter; harsh |
| 酷爱 (酷愛) | kù ài | to be keen on; to have a passion for |
| 酷暑 | kù shǔ | intense heat; extremely hot weather |
| 酷似 | kù sì | to strikingly resemble |
| 酷热 (酷熱) | kù rè | torrid heat |
| 冷酷无情 (冷酷無情) | lěng kù wú qíng | cold-hearted; unfeeling; callous |
| 酷炫 | kù xuàn | (slang) cool; awesome |
| 炫酷 | xuàn kù | (slang) cool; awesome |
| 酷儿 (酷兒) | kù ér | queer (sexuality) |
English words written with 酷
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.