Readings

Kana: コク、ひど.い
Romaji: koku, hido.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  164
Frequency:  1596
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-7-7
Korean Reading:  hog
Chinese Reading:  ku4
Unicode:  9177
JIS:  3973

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1562
Nelson Index: 4788
New Nelson Index: 6176
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7e7.1
Four Corner Index: 1466.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1273
Gakken Index: 1702
Daikanwanjiten Index: 39870P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0364
Remembering the kanji Index: 1431
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1837
Kodansha Compact Index: 1796
Kanji in Context Index: 1596
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1048
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1414
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1443
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1539
Essential Kanji Index: 1591
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1967
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3277
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1735

Words

(こく、コク)
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair; body (esp. of food, wine, etc.); weight; substance
過酷 (かこく)
rigour; rigor; severity; cruelty; harsh
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
冷酷 (れいこく)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
酷使 (こくし)
exploitation; overuse; abuse
酷似 (こくじ)
resemblance; resemble
残酷 (ざんこく)
cruelty; harshness
惨い (むごい)
cruel; merciless; pitiless; brutal; atrocious; inhuman; tragic; horrible; terrible; dreadful; miserable
酷評 (こくひょう)
severe criticism; damnation
酷吏 (こくり)
an unsparing official
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