酷 = 酉 + 告

酷 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “strong”. It is built from 酉 (a wine vessel) and 告 (tell).

Keyword: strong
Pinyin (Mandarin): kù
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: strong, stimulating, сильный, стимулирующий, stimulating
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 酷 cruel

Decomposition

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酉 a wine vessel
告 tell

How to find 酷 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “a wine vessel” + “tell”. 酷 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 酷 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.