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惨

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • wretched
  • disaster
  • cruelty
  • harsh

On'yomi (音読み)

  • サン
  • ザン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • みじ.め
  • いた.む
  • むご.い
Strokes
11
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1824
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
心#61 · heart

Components

Common Words

  • 惨さんAdverb
    appalling
  • 悲惨ひさんna-adjective
    disastrous, tragic, miserable
  • 惨事さんじNoun
    disaster, tragedy, tragic incident
  • 惨敗ざんぱいNoun
    ignominious defeat, crushing failure, utterly beaten
  • 惨めみじめna-adjective
    miserable, wretched, unhappy
  • 惨状さんじょうNoun
    disastrous scene, terrible spectacle
  • 惨禍さんかNoun
    calamity, disaster, catastrophe
  • 惨劇さんげきNoun
    tragedy, tragic event

Practice in Kanjiru

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