憎 – hate, detest

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1808 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 憎 means hate, detest. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゾウ (zou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is にく.む、にく.い、にく.らしい、にく.しみ (nikumu, nikui, nikurashii, nikushimi). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゾウ	zou
Kun’yomi	にく.む	nikumu
Kun’yomi	にく.い	nikui
Kun’yomi	にく.らしい	nikurashii
Kun’yomi	にく.しみ	nikushimi

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: 田・日・并・忙.

Words using 憎

憎いにくいhateful憎むにくむto hate憎らしいにくらしいodious憎しみにくしみhatred

Example sentences

かわいさ余って憎さ百倍。

The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.

Tatoeba #226121

自分を憎む者にも親切にしなさい。

Do good to those who hate you.

Tatoeba #149735

恐いもの知らずのその男は憎しみと軽蔑の目でやくざをちらりと見た。

The bold man glanced at the gangster with hatred and contempt.

Tatoeba #180425

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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