惨 – wretched, disaster, cruelty

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1463 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 惨 means wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サン、ザン (san, zan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みじ.め、いた.む、むご.い (mijime, itamu, mugoi). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サン	san
On’yomi	ザン	zan
Kun’yomi	みじ.め	mijime
Kun’yomi	いた.む	itamu
Kun’yomi	むご.い	mugoi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 一・忙・厶・彡.

Words using 惨

悲惨ひさんdisastrous

Example sentences

戦争には悲惨と悲しみが伴う。

Misery and sorrow accompany war.

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Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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