憎

hate, detest

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゾウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

にく.いにく.しみにく.むにく.らしい

Stroke Order

14 / 14

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:14

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1808

Vocabulary

ゾウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
憎悪	ゾウオ	hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
愛憎	アイゾウ	love and hate
愛憎併存	アイゾウヘイソン	ambivalence
憎悪犯罪	ゾウオハンザイ	hate crime
怨憎会苦	オンゾウエク	the pain of meeting people one dislikes

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
見憎い	みにくい	ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful; shameful; dishonorable
生憎	あいにく	unfortunately; sorry, but ...
憎しみ	にくしみ	hatred
憎む	にくむ	to hate; to detest
憎らしい	にくらしい	odious; hateful; detestable; horrible; (speaking ironically) darling

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