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Kanji Detail for 虐 - "to oppress, cruel"

虐

  • Meaning

    虐 means "to oppress, cruel." Also associated with disaster.

    1. To oppress - To bully; to harm; to treat cruelly.

    2. Cruel - Harsh; severe.

    3. Disaster - Calamity; misfortune.

  • Words using 虐

    • 虐待 ぎゃくたい Listen abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment
    • 虐め いじめ Listen bullying; teasing

  • Four-character idioms with 虐

    • 暴虐非道 ぼうぎゃくひどう Listen violent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious

  • Tattoo check: 虐

    • Verified meaning: to oppress, cruel
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: disaster

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tyrannize; oppress

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cruel, harsh, oppressive

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cruel, harsh, oppressive

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gyaku(ギャク) ギャク

  • Kunyomi

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    shiitageru(しいた-げる) しいた-げる

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    虍 (torakammuri・toragashira・tora)

  • Related Keywords

    to oppress cruel disaster abuse harm damage strict mistreat torment oppression brutality persecution harsh severe maltreatment bully calamity

Sentences including 虐

  • Don't be cruel to animals.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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