虐 — tyrannize, oppress

ぎゃく虐 tyrannize

ぎゃく

U+8650 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1464 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2153 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

tyrannize
oppress

Readings

On'yomi: ぎゃく gyaku
Kun'yomi: しいた shiita

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ぎゃく gyaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

虐(ぎゃく) 待(たい) gyakutai abuse 虐(ぎゃく) 殺(さつ) gyakusatsu massacre 残(ざん) 虐(ぎゃく) zangyaku cruelty

Words by frequency and grade

3 words

Each dot is a word containing 虐: 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.

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Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

虍 tiger stripes

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#141 虍 tiger stripes