惨 — wretched, disaster, cruelty
さん
惨
wretched
さん
U+60E8
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1463
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1857
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- wretched
- disaster
- cruelty
- harsh
Readings
- On'yomi
- さん san ざん zan
- Kun'yomi
- みじ miji いた ita むご mugo
word
さん ・ざん san On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
みじ miji Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
5 wordsEach dot is a word containing 惨: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.