Kanji
N1 14 strokes Grade 8 freq #1596

cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

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Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

severe; harsh
cruel; brutal
resembling closely; being strikingly similar
severe; harsh
intense heat; severe heat
cruelty; coldheartedness
severe cold; intense cold
severe criticism; sharp criticism
exploitation; overuse

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

cruel; heartless
terribly; awfully

Example sentences

Company A is trying to play us off against Company B in a severe price-war.

He is a man who I supposed was incapable of such cruelty.

It is cruel of him to say such things to her.

His bitter words still rankle in my mind.