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Japanese symbol for “panning”

Romaji: kokuhyou
severe criticism; sharp criticism; scathing criticism; diatribe

In Japanese, panning is , read (kokuhyou).

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Meanings

  1. n, vs, vt severe criticism; sharp criticism; scathing criticism; diatribe; panning

Kanji and stroke order

cruel, severe, atrocious
on: コク
kun: ひど.い
14 strokes · JLPT 1
evaluate, criticism, comment
on: ヒョウ
12 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “panning”

WordReadingMeaning
パン panpanning (a camera)
パンニング panningupanning (for gold, minerals, etc.)
ながしどり nagashidoripanning (a movie camera)
フォローパン foroopanpanning (to capture a moving subject)

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
ざんこく zankokucruel; brutal; ruthless
かこく kakokusevere; harsh; hard
れいこく reikokucruelty; coldheartedness; relentless
ひどい hidoicruel; heartless; hard
こくしょ kokushointense heat; severe heat
ひょうか hyoukavaluation; appraisal; evaluation
ひょうばん hyoubanreputation; (public) estimation; popularity
ひょうろん hyouroncriticism; critique; review

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.