| 1273 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1702 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4788 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1591 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1837 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1711 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1828 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1596 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1796 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1967 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1048 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1414 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1443 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39870P | Morohashi |
| 1562 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6176 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1431 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1539 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1735 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 酷 【コク】 severe, harsh, stringent, rigorous, strict, unfair
- 酷似 【コクジ】 resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
- 残忍冷酷 【ザンニンレイコク】 atrocious and cold-blooded, cruel, brutal, merciless
- 厳酷 【ゲンコク】 severity, rigor, rigour
Kun reading compounds
- 酷い 【ひどい】 cruel, heartless, hard, harsh, severe, violent, intense, strong, heavy, extreme, very bad, terrible, awful, excessive, exorbitant, unreasonable, outrageous, unfair, unjust
- ひどい風邪 【ひどいかぜ】 bad cold
Readings
- Korean:
- hog
Spanish
- severidad
- crueldad
- atrocidad
- injusticia
Portuguese
- injusto
- cruel
- severo
French
- cruel
- atroce
- sévère
- injuste
| 3277 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7e7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 1466.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9177 | Unicode hex code |
punish, penalty, sentence, punishment
- On:
- ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
864 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刑 【ケイ】 penalty, sentence, punishment
- 刑事 【ケイジ】 (police) detective, criminal matter
- 量刑 【リョウケイ】 judge's sentence, assessment of a case
- 求刑 【キュウケイ】 recommended sentence, prosecution's demand for punishment
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おさか、 ぎょう
- Korean:
- hyeong
Spanish
- pena
- sentencia
- castigo
Portuguese
- Punir
- penalidade
- sentença
- punição
French
- peine
- sanction
- condamnation
- punition
| 1193 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 848 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 670 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1001 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1091 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 258 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 887 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 908 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1052 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 185 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1024 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 555 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 734 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 686 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1886 | Morohashi |
| 830 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 461 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 679 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 734 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1061 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3243 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 1240.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-26 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5211 | Unicode hex code |