Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #1463

wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

heart kokoro

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

disastrous; tragic
disaster; tragedy
ignominious defeat; crushing failure
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
calamity; disaster
tragedy; tragic event
slaughter; massacre

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

miserable; wretched

Example sentences

He had to lead a miserable life for many years.

Much misery came about because of the typhoon.

Happening in a city, the accident would have caused a disaster.

That terrorist was to blame for the disaster.