虐
abuse; tyrannize; oppress
9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1464.
Readings
- ギャク (on reading): 虐殺 (ぎゃくさつ) slaughter; 虐待 (ぎゃくたい) abuse
- しいたげる (kun reading): 虐げる (しいたげる) to oppress; 虐げられた人々 (しいたげられたひとびと) the oppressed
Components
- 虍
- 匕 radical spoon
- 匚 radical box, open on the right
- 卜 radical divination
- 厂 radical cliff
- 虍 radical tiger
Kanji containing 虐
Words using 虐
- 虐殺 (ぎゃくさつ) slaughter
- 虐待 (ぎゃくたい) abuse
- 残虐 (ざんぎゃく) cruel
- 大量虐殺 (たいりょうぎゃくさつ) massacre
- 暴虐 (ぼうぎゃく) tyranny
- 虐げる (しいたげる) to oppress
- 虐げられた人々 (しいたげられたひとびと) the oppressed
65 words in all.