The kanji 醜: meaning, readings and stroke order

醜

Meaning: ugly
On reading: シュウ shuu
Kun reading: みにく（い） minikui
Strokes: 17
Radical: 酉 wine, alcohol
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: xấu xí, xấu xa (xú)
Japanese: みにくい。
Korean: 추하다, 못생기다 (추)
Chinese: 丑陋、难看 (丑)

Readings, words and example sentences

シュウ shuu · on reading · less common

醜しゅう悪あく
ugly, disgraceful
醜しゅう悪あくなあらそいでした。
It was an ugly fight.

みにく（い） minikui · kun reading · less common

醜みにくい
ugly
醜みにくい あらそいはやめましょう。
Let's stop this ugly fighting.

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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.