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The kanji 憎: meaning, readings and stroke order
憎
- Meaning
- hate
- On reading
- ゾウ zou
- Kun reading
- にく（む） nikumu、にく（い） nikui、にく（らしい） nikurashii、にく（しみ） nikushimi
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 憎
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ghét, căm ghét (tăng)
- Japanese
- にくむ。にくい。
- Korean
- 미워하다 (증)
- Chinese
- 憎恨、讨厌
Readings, words and example sentences
ゾウ zou · on reading · less common
愛憎
love and hate
愛憎の 入りまじる 話です。
It is a story where love and hate are mixed together.
にく（む） nikumu · kun reading · less common
憎む
to hate
だれも 憎みません。
I don't hate anyone.
にく（い） nikui · kun reading · less common
憎い
hateful, annoying
いたずらを した ねこが 憎いです。
That naughty cat makes me so mad!
にく（らしい） nikurashii · kun reading · less common
憎らしい
nasty, spiteful
憎らしい ことを 言います。
He says nasty things.
にく（しみ） nikushimi · kun reading · less common
憎しみ
hatred
憎しみは 何も 生みません。
Hatred brings nothing good.
Practise writing 憎 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 憎 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.