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酷

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • cruel
  • severe
  • atrocious
  • unjust

On'yomi (音読み)

  • コク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ひど.い
Strokes
14
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1592
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
酉#164 · wine

Components

Common Words

  • 酷こくna-adjective
    severe, harsh, stringent
  • 過酷かこくna-adjective
    severe, harsh, hard
  • 残酷ざんこくna-adjective
    cruel, brutal, ruthless
  • 冷酷れいこくna-adjective
    cruelty, coldheartedness, relentless
  • 酷いひどいi-adjective
    cruel, heartless, hard
  • 酷くひどくAdverb
    terribly, awfully, dreadfully
  • 酷似こくじNoun
    resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
  • 酷暑こくしょNoun
    intense heat, severe heat

Practice in Kanjiru

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