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酷

酷 (cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust)

  • JLPT N1
  • 14 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 酉
  • #1596 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
コク
Kun'yomi 訓読み
ひど.い

Example words & Vocabulary

Example sentences 3

何なんと酷ひどい天気てんきだ。

What horrible weather.

犯人はんにんは冷酷れいこくな男おとこだ

The criminal is a cold-hearted man.

彼かれは子供こどもに残酷ざんこくだ。

He is a brute to his children.

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