惨

wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

サンザン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

いた.むみじ.めむご.い

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1463

Vocabulary

サン

Word	Reading	Meaning
惨事	サンジ	disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
惨状	サンジョウ	disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
悲惨	ヒサン	disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful; outrageous
惨禍	サンカ	calamity; disaster; catastrophe
惨劇	サンゲキ	tragedy; tragic event

ザン

Word	Reading	Meaning
惨虐	ザンギャク	cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
惨酷	ザンコク	cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
無惨	ムザン	cruel; merciless; atrocious; ruthless; cold-blooded; pitiful; tragic; horrible; miserable; breaking a precept without shame
惨殺	ザンサツ	slaughter; massacre
惨忍	ザンニン	brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
惨め	みじめ	miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
惨敗	ざんぱい	ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
惨敗	さんぱい	ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
惨い	むごい	cruel; merciless; pitiless; brutal; atrocious; inhuman; tragic; horrible; terrible; dreadful; miserable; ugly; horrifying
惨い	ムゴい	cruel; merciless; pitiless; brutal; atrocious; inhuman; tragic; horrible; terrible; dreadful; miserable; ugly; horrifying

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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