| 1309 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1470 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1713 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1304 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1304 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1725 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1843 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1457 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 818 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 585 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 354 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 441 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1737 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10850 | Morohashi |
| 483 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1896 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1721 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1857 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1433 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1463 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 惨 【サン】 appalling
- 惨事 【サンジ】 disaster, tragedy, tragic incident, horrible accident
- 凄惨 【セイサン】 ghastly, gruesome, appalling, lurid
- 陰惨 【インサン】 sadness and gloom
- 残虐 【ザンギャク】 cruel, brutal, savage, barbarous
- 残酷 【ザンコク】 cruel, brutal, ruthless, merciless, inhuman
- 冷酷無惨 【レイコクムザン】 cruel and heartless, merciless, implacable, cold-blooded
Kun reading compounds
- 惨め 【みじめ】 miserable, wretched, unhappy, sad, pitiable
- 惨い 【むごい】 cruel, merciless, pitiless, brutal, atrocious, inhuman, tragic, horrible, terrible, dreadful, miserable, ugly, horrifying
Readings
- Korean:
- cham, chim
Spanish
- cruel
- horrible
- desastroso
Portuguese
- desprezível
- desastre
- crueldade
- severo
French
- choquant
- misérable
- désastre
- cruauté
- rude
| 1160 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 9302.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 60e8 | Unicode hex code |
drama, play
- On:
- ゲキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
662 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 劇 【ゲキ】 drama, play, powerful drug
- 劇画 【ゲキガ】 comic strip with dramatic story
- 新劇 【シンゲキ】 shingeki, new drama (movement), form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
- 京劇 【キョウゲキ】 classical Chinese opera
Readings
- Korean:
- geug
Spanish
- drama
- obra
- teatro
- violento
- intenso
Portuguese
- drama
- jogo
French
- théâtre
- pièce (théâtre)
| 858 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 458 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 247 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1078 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 365 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 797 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 811 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1140 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 206 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2399 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1681 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2016 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2218 | Morohashi |
| 1904 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 517 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1997 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2152 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 982 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1243 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f13.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-13-2 | SKIP code |
| 2220.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5287 | Unicode hex code |