| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1397 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 烈日 【レツジツ】 blazing sun, scorching sun, hot day
- 烈女 【レツジョ】 heroine
- 痛烈 【ツウレツ】 severe, bitter, scathing
- 壮烈 【ソウレツ】 heroic, brave
Kun reading compounds
- 激しい 【はげしい】 violent, furious, tempestuous, extreme, intense, fierce, strong, fervent, vehement, incessant, relentless, precipitous, steep
Readings
- Japanese names:
- やす
- Korean:
- ryeol
Spanish
- bravo
- violento
- furioso
- cruel
Portuguese
- severo
- furioso
- veemente
- violento
- ardente
- extremo
French
- ardent
- véhément
- furieux
- violent
- sévère
- extrême
| 1929 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1382 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2761 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1199 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1515 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1211 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1331 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1414 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1708 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1276 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3286 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1698 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2308 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 822 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18987 | Morohashi |
| 2652 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3420 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 814 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 877 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1363 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3140 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 1233.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 70c8 | Unicode hex code |