Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #2313

uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

ice nisui

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

weirdly beautiful
ghastly; gruesome
intimidating language
remarkable ability; mastery
extremely gruesome; lurid
fierce

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

terrible; dreadful
terrific; staggering
terrible; dreadful
to threaten; to intimidate
ghastliness; dreadfulness
extremely; very
to threaten; to intimidate
to threaten; to intimidate
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand

Example sentences

He behaves as if he were somebody.

He seems to have been a great athlete.

The motorcycle started in pursuit at breakneck speed.

Women - why do they want to go to toilet in groups? I don't get it at all.