憎 — Chinese character
憎
zēng
to abhor, to detest, to hate
- Pinyin
- zēng
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 忄 曾
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 曾
- Japanese
- 憎 as a kanji
Common words with 憎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 憎恨 | zēng hèn | to detest; hatred |
| 憎恶 (憎惡) | zēng è | to hate evil |
| 憎恶 (憎惡) | zēng wù | to loathe; to detest; to abhor |
| 可憎 | kě zēng | disgusting |
| 爱憎分明 (愛憎分明) | ài zēng fēn míng | to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates; to have well-defined likes and dislikes |
| 面目可憎 | miàn mù kě zēng | repulsive countenance; disgusting appearance |
| 爱憎 (愛憎) | ài zēng | love and hate |
| 憎厌 (憎厭) | zēng yàn | to loathe |
| 人憎狗厌 (人憎狗厭) | rén zēng gǒu yàn | detestable (wordplay based on 神憎鬼厌 (shén zēng guǐ yàn)) |
| 人憎狗嫌 | rén zēng gǒu xián | see 人憎狗厌 (rén zēng gǒu yàn) |
| 神憎鬼厌 (神憎鬼厭) | shén zēng guǐ yàn | (idiom) despicable; loathsome |
English words written with 憎
憎 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1
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