惨 — kanji meaning “wretched”
惨
wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
- Meanings
- wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
- On'yomi
- サン (san)、ザン (zan)
- Kun'yomi
- みじ.め、いた.む、むご.い
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1463 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- cǎn, càn — Chinese character page
Words with 惨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悲惨 | ひさん hisan | disastrous; tragic; miserable |
| 惨敗 | ざんぱい zanpai | ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten |
| 惨め | みじめ mijime | miserable; wretched; unhappy |
| 惨事 | さんじ sanji | disaster; tragedy; tragic incident |
| 惨状 | さんじょう sanjou | disastrous scene; terrible spectacle |
| 惨劇 | さんげき sangeki | tragedy; tragic event |
| 惨殺 | ざんさつ zansatsu | slaughter; massacre |
| 惨禍 | さんか sanka | calamity; disaster; catastrophe |
| 凄惨 | せいさん seisan | ghastly; gruesome; appalling |
| 陰惨 | いんさん insan | sadness and gloom |
| 惨憺 | さんたん santan | miserable; pitiful; tragic |
| 惨い | むごい mugoi | cruel; merciless; pitiless |
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