憎
hate; detest
14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1808.
Readings
- にくむ (kun reading): 憎む (にくむ) to hate; 憎み合う (にくみあう) to hate each other
- ゾウ (on reading): 憎悪 (ぞうお) hatred; 愛憎 (あいぞう) love and hate
- にくしみ (kun reading): 憎しみ (にくしみ) hatred; 憎しみ合う (にくしみあう) to hate each other
- にくい (kun reading): 憎い (にくい) hateful; 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い (ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい) if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for
- にくらしい (kun reading): 憎らしい (にくらしい) odious; 小憎らしい (こにくらしい) provoking
Components
- 忄
- 曽
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- ⺖ radical heart, left-side form of 心
- 日 radical sun; day
- 田 radical rice field
Words using 憎
- 憎む (にくむ) to hate
- 憎み合う (にくみあう) to hate each other
- 憎たらしい (にくたらしい) odious
- 憎まれっ子 (にくまれっこ) hated child
- 憎まれ口 (にくまれぐち) abusive language
- 憎悪 (ぞうお) hatred
- 愛憎 (あいぞう) love and hate
- 憎悪犯罪 (ぞうおはんざい) hate crime
- 愛憎併存 (あいぞうへいそん) ambivalence
- 怨憎会苦 (おんぞうえく) the pain of meeting people one dislikes
- 憎しみ (にくしみ) hatred
- 憎しみ合う (にくしみあう) to hate each other
- 憎い (にくい) hateful
- 坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い (ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい) if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for
- 心憎い (こころにくい) refined
- 面憎い (つらにくい) provoking
- 小面憎い (こづらにくい) cheeky
- 憎らしい (にくらしい) odious
- 小憎らしい (こにくらしい) provoking
38 words in all.