Moto 酷: Cruel; Severe; AtrociousKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コク
- Kun'yomi
- ひど(い)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 56 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コク)
- 過酷かこくsevere; harsh
- 残酷ざんこくcruel; brutal
- 酷似こくじresembling closely; being strikingly similar
- 酷こくsevere; harsh
- 冷酷れいこくcruelty; coldheartedness
- 酷使こくしexploitation; overuse
- 酷寒こっかんsevere cold; intense cold
- 酷暑こくしょintense heat; severe heat
- 酷評こくひょうsevere criticism; damnation
- 冷酷無情れいこくむじょうcruel and heartless; merciless
- 冷酷無惨れいこくむざんcruel and heartless; merciless
- 冷酷無慙れいこくむざんcruel and heartless; merciless
- 冷酷無慚れいこくむざんcruel and heartless; merciless
- 冷酷無残れいこくむざんcruel and heartless; merciless
- 厳酷げんこくseverity; rigor
- 峻酷しゅんこくsevere (personality); unaffected by love
- 惨酷ざんこくcruel; brutal
- 残忍冷酷ざんにんれいこくatrocious and cold-blooded; cruel
- 残忍酷薄ざんにんこくはくcruel; brutal
- 残酷非道ざんこくひどうinhumanity; atrocity
- 苛酷かこくsevere; harsh
- 過酷事故かこくじこsevere accident (esp. relating to a nuclear reactor)
- 過酷尋問かこくじんもんharsh interrogation; enhanced interrogation
- 酷があるこくがあるto be full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); to be rich
- 酷のあるこくのあるfull-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); rich
- 酷刑こっけいsevere punishment
- 酷吏こくりunsparing official; unmerciful administrator
- 酷寒猛暑こっかんもうしょbitter cold and fierce heat
- 酷悪こくあくinhuman; wicked
- 酷暑日こくしょびextremely hot day
- 酷烈こくれつseverity
- 酷熱こくねつintense heat
- 酷税こくぜいheavy taxation
- 酷薄こくはくcruel; inhumane
- 酷薄無情こくはくむじょうcold-hearted; merciless
- 酷遇こくぐうmaltreatment
- 酷道こくどう(national) road in poor condition
- 酸酷さんこくatrocity; cruelty
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 酷いひどいcruel; heartless
- 酷くひどくvery much; terribly
- 手酷いてひどいsevere; harsh
- 酷い仕打ちひどいしうちcruel treatment; raw deal
- 酷い目にあうひどいめにあうto have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience
- 酷い目にあわせるひどいめにあわせるto bring someone to grief; to give someone hell
- 酷い目に会うひどいめにあうto have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience
- 酷い目に合うひどいめにあうto have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience
- 酷い目に遇うひどいめにあうto have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience
- 酷い目に遭うひどいめにあうto have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience
- 酷い目に遭わせるひどいめにあわせるto bring someone to grief; to give someone hell
- 酷すぎるひどすぎるegregious; outrageous
- 酷過ぎるひどすぎるegregious; outrageous
Other readings
- こっ酷いこっぴどい(really) terrible; awful
- 残酷焼ざんこくやきlive broiling of shellfish
- 酷い風邪ひどいかぜbad cold
- 酷しいきびしいsevere; strict
- 酷たらしいむごたらしいincredibly brutal; gory
Kanji that often appear with 酷
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