惨
惨 — Wretched
wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh
On’yomiサン (san)
On’yomiザン (zan)
Kun’yomiみじめ (mijime)
Kun’yomiいたむ (itamu)
Kun’yomiむごい (mugoi)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 惨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悲惨 | ひさん hisan | disastrous; tragic; miserable |
| 惨事 | さんじ sanji | disaster; tragedy; tragic incident |
| 惨敗 | ざんぱい zanpai | ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten |
| 惨め | みじめ mijime | miserable; wretched; unhappy |
| 惨状 | さんじょう sanjou | disastrous scene; terrible spectacle |
| 惨禍 | さんか sanka | calamity; disaster; catastrophe |
Study notes
惨 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1463 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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