Japanese symbol for “odious”
憎らしい
にくらしい
Romaji: nikurashii
odious; hateful; detestable; horrible
In Japanese, odious is 憎らしい, read にくらしい (nikurashii).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- adj-i odious; hateful; detestable; horrible
- adj-i (speaking ironically) darling
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “odious”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 憎たらしい | にくたらしい nikutarashii | odious; hateful; awful |
| 汚らわしい | けがらわしい kegarawashii | filthy; unfair; dirty |
| 厭わしい | いとわしい itowashii | detestable; disagreeable; disgusting |
| 毒々しい | どくどくしい dokudokushii | hateful; detestable; loathsome |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 憎悪 | ぞうお zouo | hatred; abhorrence; loathing |
| 憎しみ | にくしみ nikushimi | hatred |
| 憎い | にくい nikui | hateful; detestable; abominable |
| 憎む | にくむ nikumu | to hate; to detest |
| 愛憎 | あいぞう aizou | love and hate |
| 生憎 | あいにく ainiku | unfortunately; sorry, but ... |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.