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凄

凄 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. さむい。
  2. すさまじい。すごい。寒気を催す。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「冫」+音符「妻」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セイJHS
  • サイ
Kun (native)
  • さむ(い)
  • すご(い)
  • すさ(まじい)
Other languages
  • 拼音qi1
  • 한글cheo
  • Hán-ViệtThê

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
冫(にすい)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+51C4

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰冫妻

Words using this kanji

  • 凄いすごいterrible, dreadful, amazing (e.g. of strength), great (e.g. of skills)
  • 凄まじいすさまじい「すさまじい」の漢字表記。terrible, dreadful, awful, horrible
  • 凄むすごむto threaten, to intimidate, to be threatening
  • 凄艶せいえんweirdly beautiful
  • 凄惨せいさん凄まじく惨いさま。ghastly, gruesome, appalling, lurid
  • 凄みすごみghastliness, dreadfulness, grimness, weirdness
  • 凄腕すごうで「すごうで」の漢字表記。remarkable ability, mastery, brilliant technique, go-getter
  • 凄絶せいぜつこの上なく凄まじいさま。extremely gruesome, lurid, violent, bloody
  • 凄くすごくextremely, very, terribly, awfully
  • 凄烈せいれつfierce
  • 凄文句すごもんくintimidating language
  • 凄みを利かすすごみをきかす相手を威圧するような態度で迫る。 恐ろしい言葉で脅迫する。to threaten, to intimidate
  • 凄い事になるすごいことになるto go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing), to get out of hand, to end up in an extreme state
  • 凄みを利かせるすごみをきかせる相手を威圧するような態度で迫る。 恐ろしい言葉で脅迫する。to threaten, to intimidate

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-8
Four Corner
3514.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2b8.4
Heisig
2036
Nelson
647