酷 — cruel, severe, atrocious

ひどい酷 cruel

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+9177 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1596 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1539 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

cruel
severe
atrocious
unjust

word

ひど hido 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).

酷(ひど) い hidoi cruel

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

残(ざん) 酷(こく) zankoku cruel 過(か) 酷(こく) kakoku harsh

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

酉 wine jar

つげる告 revelation

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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.

#164 酉 wine jar