酷

JLPT N1 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

酷 — cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

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

Readings

On'yomi 音読み: コク
Kun'yomi 訓読み: ひど.い

Example words & Vocabulary

残酷ざんこく

cruelty, harshness

冷酷れいこく

cruelty, coldheartedness, relentless, ruthless

酷いひどい

cruel, awful, severe, very bad, serious, terrible, heavy, violent

Example sentences 3

犯人はんにんは冷酷れいこくな男おとこだ

Criminals are cruel men.

何なんと酷ひどい天気てんきだ。

What horrible weather.

彼かれは子供こどもに残酷ざんこくだ。

He is a brute to his children.