Moto 惨: Wretched; Disaster; CrueltyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サン、ザン
- Kun'yomi
- みじ(め)、いた(む)、むご(い)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 36 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サン・ザン)
- 悲惨ひさんdisastrous; tragic
- 惨事さんじdisaster; tragedy
- 惨状さんじょうdisastrous scene; terrible spectacle
- 惨劇さんげきtragedy; tragic event
- 惨殺ざんさつslaughter; massacre
- 惨禍さんかcalamity
- 冷酷無惨れいこくむざんcruel and heartless; merciless
- 凄惨せいさんghastly; gruesome
- 大惨事だいさんじgreat disaster; horrible tragedy
- 悽惨せいさんghastly; gruesome
- 惨さんappalling
- 惨害さんがいheavy damage; havoc
- 惨忍ざんにんbrutal; cruel
- 惨憺さんたんmiserable; pitiful
- 惨死ざんしtragic death; violent death
- 惨死体ざんしたいcorpse of a person who has met a violent death
- 惨殺者ざんさつしゃbrutal murderer
- 惨況さんきょうwretched state; pitiable condition
- 惨澹さんたんmiserable; pitiful
- 惨烈さんれつhorrible; cruel
- 惨状を極めるさんじょうをきわめるto present a very terrible (miserable) sight
- 惨苦さんくterrible pain; terrible hardship
- 惨落さんらくslump; sudden fall of market price
- 惨虐ざんぎゃくcruel; brutal
- 惨話さんわheartbreaking story; tragic tale
- 惨酷ざんこくcruel; brutal
- 意匠惨憺いしょうさんたんtaxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something
- 無惨むざんcruel; merciless
- 疾痛惨憺しっつうさんたんterrible worry; extreme anxiety
- 疾痛惨澹しっつうさんたんterrible worry; extreme anxiety
- 苦心惨憺くしんさんたんtaking great pains
- 陰惨いんさんsadness and gloom
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 惨めみじめmiserable; wretched
- 惨いむごいcruel; merciless
- 惨たらしいむごたらしいincredibly brutal; gory
Other readings
- 惨敗ざんぱいignominious defeat; crushing failure
Kanji that often appear with 惨
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