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Kanji Detail for 憎 - "to hate"

憎

  • Meaning

    憎 means "to hate." Also associated with to loathe, to resent.

    1. Hate - To feel intense dislike; to detest strongly.

    2. Loathe - To regard with disgust and aversion.

    3. Resent - To feel bitter about; to begrudge.

    4. Enviable - So excellent as to provoke jealousy.

  • Words using 憎

    • 憎悪 ぞうお Listen hatred; abhorrence; loathing
    • 憎しみ にくしみ Listen hatred
    • 生憎 あいにく Listen unfortunately; sorry, but ...
    • 憎らしい にくらしい Listen odious; hateful; detestable

  • Four-character idioms with 憎

    • 怨憎会苦 おんぞうえく Listen the pain of meeting people one dislikes

  • Tattoo check: 憎

    • Verified meaning: to hate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to loathe, to resent
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hate; detest

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hate, detest, abhor; hatred

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to detest

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to abhor, to detest, to hate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To hate. Opposite of love. Such as 面目可憎. From (Han Yu's "Seeing Off Poverty").

  • Onyomi

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    zoh(ゾウ) ゾウ

  • Kunyomi

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    niku.mu(にく-む) にく-む

    nikui(にく-い) にく-い

    nikurashii(にく-らしい) にく-らしい

    nikushimi(にく-しみ) にく-しみ

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to hate to loathe to resent animosity dislike displeasure enviable loathing abhorrence detestation despise hostility malice aversion bitter

Sentences including 憎

  • What a good thing you say !

  • He has a hatred for his father.

  • All three hated one another.

  • Do good to those who hate you.

  • There was hatred between us then.

  • So there's no love lost between them then?

  • What makes him hated?

  • She seems to hate you.

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