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酷 = 告 + 酉
酷 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cruel”. It is built from 告 (revelation) and 酉 (sign of the bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1539.
- Keyword
- cruel
- RTK frame
- 1539
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひど.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- жестокий
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 酷 strong
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 酷 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “revelation” + “sign of the bird”. 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.