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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

  • 惨めみじめna-Adj.miserable, wretched, unhappy, sad, pitiable
  • 惨事さんじNoundisaster, tragedy, tragic incident, horrible accident
  • 惨状さんじょうNoundisastrous scene, terrible spectacle
  • 惨敗ざんぱいNounignominious defeat, crushing failure, utterly beaten, overwhelming defeat
  • 悲惨ひさんna-Adj.disastrous, tragic, miserable, wretched, pitiful, woeful, outrageous
  • 惨いむごいi-Adj.cruel, merciless, pitiless, brutal, atrocious, inhuman
  • 惨禍さんかNouncalamity, disaster, catastrophe
  • 惨害さんがいNounheavy damage, havoc, ravages

Practice in Kanjiru

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