The kanji 酷: meaning, readings and stroke order

酷

Meaning: cruel, harsh
On reading: コク koku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 14
Radical: 酉 wine, alcohol
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tàn khốc, khắc nghiệt (khốc)
Japanese: ひどい。きびしすぎる。
Korean: 가혹하다, 심하다 (혹)
Chinese: 残酷、严酷

Readings, words and example sentences

コク koku · on reading · less common

酷こく使し
working (something) too hard, overuse
体を 酷こく使ししてはいけません。
You must not push your body too hard.

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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.