Kanji

惨

Meaning

wretched disaster cruelty

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • みじめ
  • いたむ
  • むごい

On'yomi

  • ひ さん disastrous
  • さん じ disaster
  • さん じょう disastrous scene
  • ざん こく cruel
  • ざん ぱい ignominious defeat
  • む ざん cruel

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/11

Related Entries

惨 さん
appalling

Component Analysis

惨
wretched, disaster, cruelty...
みじ.め, いた.む, サン
忄
( 心 ) heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
こころ, シン
参
nonplussed, three (in documents), going...
まい.る, まい-, サン
彡
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン, セン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ

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