Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 8 freq #1464

tyrannize, oppress

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

tiger toragashira

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

slaughter; massacre
abuse; ill-treatment
cruel; brutal
tyranny; atrocity
self-torture; masochism
masochism
Nanking Massacre (1937); Rape of Nanking
masochism; masochistic nature
death by (child) abuse; (child) abuse resulting in death
sexual abuse

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to oppress; to persecute
bullying; teasing
Rwandan genocide (1994)
self-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
My Lai Massacre (1968); Son My Massacre

Example sentences

The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.

He was badly treated at the hands of his enemies.

He was treated with great cruelty.

Many atrocities were committed during the war.