Jisho

×

酷

14 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol 酉
Parts:
ノ 口 土 酉
cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust
Kun:
ひど.い
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku4
Korean:
hog

Spanish

  • severidad
  • crueldad
  • atrocidad
  • injusticia

Portuguese

  • injusto
  • cruel
  • severo

French

  • cruel
  • atroce
  • sévère
  • injuste
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)
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

寒

12 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
一 丶 ハ 宀 井
cold
Kun:
さむ.い
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1456 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寒 【カン】 midwinter, cold season, coldest days of the year
  • 寒気 【サムケ】 chill, the shivers, shivering fit, cold, coldness, cold air
  • 悪寒 【オカン】 chill, shakes, ague
  • 防寒 【ボウカン】 protection against cold

Kun reading compounds

  • 寒い 【さむい】 cold (e.g. weather), uninteresting (esp. joke), lame, dull, weak, corny

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 さん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
han2
Korean:
han

Spanish

  • frío
  • desolado

Portuguese

  • Frio

French

  • froid (temps)
175 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
263 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
245 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1322 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
831 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
159 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1714 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
457 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
464 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
120 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
490 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2894 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2011 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1540 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7239X Morohashi
2311 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1350 New Nelson (John Haig)
1526 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1645 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
393 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
740 2001 Kanji
3m9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
3030.3 Four corner code
1-20-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bd2 Unicode hex code

猛

11 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
子 犯 皿
fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness, strength
On:
モウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 猛 【モウ】 greatly energetic, ferocious, extreme, severe
  • 猛威 【モウイ】 fury, power, menace
  • 勇猛 【ユウモウ】 daring, brave, bold, valiant, intrepid, dauntless
  • 豪猛 【ゴウモウ】 strongly ferocious

Readings

Japanese names:
たけ、 たけし、 たける
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
meng3
Korean:
maeng

Spanish

  • fuerte
  • valiente
  • salvaje
  • violento

Portuguese

  • feroz
  • enfurecer
  • acelerar
  • tornar-se furioso
  • selvageria
  • vigor

French

  • féroce
  • fulminer
  • se ruer
  • devenir furieux
  • sauvagerie
  • force
1854 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1378 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2895 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1420 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1525 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1305 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1579 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1685 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1516 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1305 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
653 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
393 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1468 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20498 Morohashi
537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3588 New Nelson (John Haig)
1456 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1566 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1462 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2974 2001 Kanji
3g7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
4721.7 Four corner code
1-44-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
731b Unicode hex code

暑

12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
老 日
Variants:
sultry, hot, summer heat
Kun:
あつ.い
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1442 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 暑 【ショ】 heat, midsummer
  • 暑中見舞 【ショチュウミマイ】 summer greeting card, inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
  • 残暑 【ザンショ】 late summer heat, lingering summer heat
  • 避暑 【ヒショ】 escaping the summer heat, going somewhere cooler during the summer, summering

Kun reading compounds

  • 暑い 【あつい】 hot, warm, sultry, heated, passionate, impassioned, burning (desire, etc.), on everybody's mind, on the radar, du jour, interested (gaze, etc.)
  • 暑い盛り 【あついさかり】 heat of the day, hottest part of the day

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu3
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • bochornoso
  • caliente
  • calor

Portuguese

  • sufocante
  • quente
  • calor de verão

French

  • chaud
  • torride
  • temps lourd
  • chaleur d'été
247 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
329 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
313 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1254 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2138 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
476 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
190 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1738A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
638 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
648 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
119 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
976 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3121 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1600 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2182 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1268 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14031P Morohashi
2473 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2484 New Nelson (John Haig)
1260 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1350 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
400 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
3-8-4 SKIP code
6060.4 Four corner code
1-29-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6691 Unicode hex code