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hate
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingゾウ
Kun readingにく.む、にく.い、にく.らしい、にく.しみ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. hateRtK
    彼は彼らに対して深い憎しみを抱いた。He conceived a deep hatred for them.tatoeba
    彼は憎めない奴だ。You can't hate the guy.tatoeba
  2. detest
  1. to hate
  2. to detest

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Freud · state of mind · increase · formerly · horns · rice field (田) · brains · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 673

Compound words

愛憎あいぞう
love and hate
生憎あいにく
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
憎いにくい
hateful; detestable; abominable; vexing; provoking
憎むにくむ
to hate; to detest
憎悪ぞうお
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
憎しみにくしみ
hatred
憎らしいにくらしい
odious; hateful; detestable; horrible; (speaking ironically) darling
合憎あいにく
unfortunately
見憎いみにくい
ugly
お生憎様おあいにくさま
sorry
愛憎併存あいぞうへいそん
ambivalence
御生憎様おあいにくさま
sorry
お生憎さまおあいにくさま
sorry
小憎らしいこにくらしい
provoking
憎まれっ子世に憚るにくまれっこよにはばかる
ill weeds grow apace
坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎いぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい
if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for

Additional Examples

彼は憎めない奴だ。
You can't hate the guy.tatoeba
彼は先生に対して激しい憎悪を抱いていた。
He had an intense hatred of his teacher.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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