Japanese Symbols

Japanese Kanji

憎

zou

hate · detest

Secondary school · JLPT N2 · 14 strokes

Readings

  • ONゾウzou
  • KUNにく.むniku
  • KUNにく.いniku
  • KUNにく.らしいniku

Meaning

Hate, detest.

Stroke order

Stroke order for 憎

憎 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 14 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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