虐 — kanji meaning “tyrannize”
虐
tyrannize, oppress
- Meanings
- tyrannize, oppress
- On'yomi
- ギャク (gyaku)
- Kun'yomi
- しいた.げる
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1464 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 141
- Chinese reading
- nüè — Chinese character page
Words with 虐
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虐殺 | ぎゃくさつ gyakusatsu | slaughter; massacre |
| 虐待 | ぎゃくたい gyakutai | abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment |
| 残虐 | ざんぎゃく zangyaku | cruel; brutal; savage |
| 虐め | いじめ ijime | bullying; teasing |
| 暴虐 | ぼうぎゃく bougyaku | tyranny; atrocity |
| 自虐 | じぎゃく jigyaku | self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself |
| 虐げる | しいたげる shiitageru | to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize |
| 被虐 | ひぎゃく higyaku | suffering (as a result of maltreatment) |
| 嗜虐 | しぎゃく shigyaku | sadism |
| 淫虐 | いんぎゃく ingyaku | sexual cruelty; sexual brutality |
| 陵虐 | りょうぎゃく ryougyaku | humiliation; indignity; affront |
| 加虐 | かぎゃく kagyaku | causing pain; sadism |
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