Practice JLPT
酷
JLPT N1 Kanji

酷 — cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

  • JLPT N1
  • 14 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 酉
  • #1596 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
コク
Kun'yomi
ひど.い

Example words

  • 残酷ざんこくcruelty; harshness
  • 冷酷れいこくcruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
  • 酷いひどい(1) cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe (2) violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme (3) very bad; terrible; awful (4) excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust