Kanji1 / 14
酷 kanji
cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
コク
Kun readings
ひどい
Words with 酷
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —酷悪inhuman; wicked; evil
- —残酷焼live broiling of shellfish
- —酷暑日day on which the temperature rises above 35°C; extremely hot day; day on which the temperature rises above 40°C
- —残忍酷薄cruel; heartless; brutal; atrocious
- —冷酷無情cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable
- —酷があるto be full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); to be rich; to be robust (in flavor); to be full-flavored
- —酷のあるfull-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); rich; robust (flavor); full-flavored
- —冷酷無残cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable; cold-blooded
- —酷寒猛暑bitter cold and fierce heat
- —残酷非道inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty
- —残忍冷酷atrocious and cold-blooded; cruel; brutal; merciless
- —酷薄無情cold-hearted; merciless; ruthless
- —過酷事故severe accident (esp. relating to a nuclear reactor)
- —惨酷cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
- —苛酷severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
- —酸酷atrocity; cruelty; brutality
- —冷酷無惨cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable; cold-blooded
- —冷酷無慚cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable; cold-blooded
- —冷酷無慙cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable; cold-blooded
- —苛酷事故severe accident (esp. relating to a nuclear reactor)