Kanji
虐
N1
9 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1464
tyrannize, oppress
On'yomi (音読み)
ギャク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
しいた.げる
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
虐殺
ぎゃくさつ
slaughter; massacre
虐待
ぎゃくたい
abuse; ill-treatment
残虐
ざんぎゃく
cruel; brutal
暴虐
ぼうぎゃく
tyranny; atrocity
自虐
じぎゃく
self-torture; masochism
被虐心
ひぎゃくしん
masochism
南京虐殺
なんきんぎゃくさつ
Nanking Massacre (1937); Rape of Nanking
被虐趣味
ひぎゃくしゅみ
masochism; masochistic nature
虐待死
ぎゃくたいし
death by (child) abuse; (child) abuse resulting in death
性虐待
せいぎゃくたい
sexual abuse
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
虐げる
しいたげる
to oppress; to persecute
虐め
いじめ
bullying; teasing
ルワンダ虐殺
ルワンダぎゃくさつ
Rwandan genocide (1994)
自虐ネタ
じぎゃくネタ
self-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
ソンミ村虐殺事件
ソンミむらぎゃくさつじけん
My Lai Massacre (1968); Son My Massacre
Example sentences
捕虜(ほりょ)を虐殺(ぎゃくさつ)したのは残忍(ざんにん)な行為(こうい)だ。
The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
彼(かれ)は敵(てき)に虐待(ぎゃくたい)された。
He was badly treated at the hands of his enemies.
彼(かれ)はひどい虐待(ぎゃくたい)を受(う)けた。
He was treated with great cruelty.
戦争(せんそう)中(なか)多(おお)くの残虐(ざんぎゃく)行為(こうい)が行(おこな)われた。
Many atrocities were committed during the war.