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Kanji Detail for 凄 - "uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible"

凄

  • Meaning

    凄 means "uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible."

    1. Cold - Chilly; frigid temperature.

    2. Cool - Refreshing; pleasantly cold.

    3. Intense - Tremendous; severe; fierce; extreme.

    4. Desolate - Lonely; solitary; forlorn.

  • Words using 凄

    • 凄い すごい Listen terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength)
    • 物凄い ものすごい Listen terrific; staggering; tremendous
    • 凄まじい すさまじい Listen terrible; dreadful; awful

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    • Verified meaning: uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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

    uncanny; weird; threatening; horrible

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bitter cold, miserable, dreary

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    intense cold; frigid; dismal; grim; bleak; sad; mournful; also written 淒|凄[qi1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bitter cold, miserable, dreary

  • Onyomi

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    sai(サイ) サイ

    sei(セイ) セイ

  • Kunyomi

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    samu.i(さむ-い) さむ-い

    sugo.i(すご-い) すご-い

    susa.majii(すさ-まじい) すさ-まじい

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    冫 (nisui)

  • Related Keywords

    intense cold desolate cool amazing incredible extraordinary phenomenal frightening eerie ghastly extreme lonely awesome remarkable

Sentences including 凄

  • This looks awesome!

  • It's incredible.

  • It's extremely dangerous.

  • This site is amazing!

  • It was a terrific experience.

  • It's a lot of fun.

  • Nature is amazing.

  • That's awesome, right?

  • I think this is amazing.

  • Tom was very lucky.

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