酷

harsh; cruel; severe; atrocious; unjust

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1596.

Readings

• コク (on reading): 過酷 (かこく) severe; 残酷 (ざんこく) cruel
• ひどい (kun reading)

Components

• 酉
• 告
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 口 radical mouth
• 土 radical earth
• 酉 radical sake jar; bird (zodiac)

Words using 酷

• 過酷 (かこく) severe
• 残酷 (ざんこく) cruel
• 酷似 (こくじ) resembling closely
• 酷評 (こくひょう) severe criticism
• 酷使 (こくし) exploitation

31 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists