Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 14

酷

Meaning in English

cruel, severe, atrocious

Readings

Onyomi: コク Kunyomi: ひど.い Romaji: koku / hido.i

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酷

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese cruel, severo, atroz

Spanish cruel, severo, atroz

Korean 잔혹한, 가혹한, 끔찍한

French cruel, sévère, atroce

Italian crudele, severo, atroce

German grausam, streng, abscheulich

Indonesian kejam, keras, mengerikan

★ Vietnamese tàn nhẫn, khắc nghiệt, kinh khủng

Thai โหดร้าย รุนแรง น่าสะพรึงกลัว

Kanji

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