cruel

Hidoi
cruel
Koku
Examples
exploitation
severe

酷 (Hidoi) is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning “cruel, severe, atrocious”. It is taught in secondary school and written in 14 strokes.

On'yomi

  • Koku

Kun'yomi

  • Hidoi
JLPT
N1
Strokes
14
Taught in
secondary school

Example words with 酷

  • exploitation
  • severe
  • cruel

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