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
- N1残酷Popularcruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
- N1冷酷Popularcruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
- —酷Popularsevere; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
- —酷使Popularexploitation; overuse; abuse
- —酷似Popularresembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
- —酷暑Popularintense heat; severe heat
- —酷評Popularsevere criticism; sharp criticism; scathing criticism; diatribe; panning
- —過酷Popularsevere; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
- —厳酷severity; rigor; rigour
- —酷寒severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold
- —酷刑severe punishment
- —酷税heavy taxation
- —酷烈severity
- —酷薄cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
- —酷吏unsparing official; unmerciful administrator
- —酷遇maltreatment
- —酷熱intense heat
- —惨酷atrocity; cruelty; brutality
- —峻酷severe (personality); unaffected by love
- —酷道(national) road in poor condition