酷 — kanji meaning “cruel”
酷
cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust
- Meanings
- cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust
- On'yomi
- コク (koku)
- Kun'yomi
- ひど.い
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1596 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 164
- Chinese reading
- kù — Chinese character page
Words with 酷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 残酷 | ざんこく zankoku | cruel; brutal; ruthless |
| 過酷 | かこく kakoku | severe; harsh; hard |
| 冷酷 | れいこく reikoku | cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless |
| 酷い | ひどい hidoi | cruel; heartless; hard |
| 酷暑 | こくしょ kokusho | intense heat; severe heat |
| 酷評 | こくひょう kokuhyou | severe criticism; sharp criticism; scathing criticism |
| 酷使 | こくし kokushi | exploitation; overuse; abuse |
| 酷似 | こくじ kokuji | resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness |
| 酷く | ひどく hidoku | terribly; awfully; dreadfully |
| 酷寒 | こっかん kokkan | severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold |
| 酷薄 | こくはく kokuhaku | cruel; inhumane; callous |
| 酷烈 | こくれつ kokuretsu | severity |
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