虐 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

tyrannize, oppress

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ギャクJHS
Kun (native)
  • しいた(げる)HS
Other languages
  • 拼音nu:e4
  • 한글hag
  • Hán-ViệtNgược

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

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
虍(とらがしら)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8650

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸虍𰀂

Words using this kanji

  • 虐殺ぎゃくさつ残虐な方法によって殺害すること。slaughter, massacre
  • 虐待ぎゃくたい自分の保護下にある者に対し、長期間に渡って暴力や精神的苦痛を与えるなどひどい待遇をすること。abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment
  • 虐げるしいたげる「しいたげる」の漢字表記。to oppress, to persecute, to tyrannize
  • 虐めいじめbullying, teasing
  • 虐政ぎゃくせい人民を苦しめる、悪い政治。むごい政治。暴虐な政治。tyranny, despotism
  • 虐使ぎゃくしdriving someone too hard
  • 虐遇ぎゃくぐうill-treatment, abuse
  • 虐待死ぎゃくたいしdeath by (child) abuse, (child) abuse resulting in death
  • 虐待者ぎゃくたいしゃabuser (of a person or animal)
  • 虐げられた人々しいたげられたひとびとthe oppressed, downtrodden people

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-4-5
Four Corner
2121.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2m7.3
Heisig
2153
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4106