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tyrannize
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingギャク
Kun readingしいた.げる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. tyrannizeRtK
    彼は敵に虐待された。He was badly treated at the hands of his enemies.tatoeba
    彼はひどい虐待を受けた。He was treated with great cruelty.tatoeba
  2. oppress
  1. to oppress
  2. to persecute
  3. to tyrannize

Radicals and components

Radical虍tiger
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tiger · one (一) · box (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2153

Compound words

虐殺ぎゃくさつ
slaughter; massacre
虐待ぎゃくたい
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
残虐ざんぎゃく
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
暴虐ぼうぎゃく
tyranny; atrocity
虐めいじめ
bullying; teasing
虐げるしいたげる
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
悪虐あくぎゃく
atrocity
加虐かぎゃく
causing pain
苛虐かぎゃく
cruel treatment
虐政ぎゃくせい
tyranny
弑虐しぎゃく
murder of one's lord or father
加虐愛かぎゃくあい
sadism
虐めるいじめる
to ill-treat
嗜虐性しぎゃくせい
sadism
嗜虐的しぎゃくてき
sadistic
悪虐無道あくぎゃくむどう
treacherous
虐めっ子いじめっこ
bully

Additional Examples

彼は、動物虐待防止会に入っています。
He belongs to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.tatoeba
彼の論文は核家族における幼児虐待という問題に対処しようとするものである。
His paper confronts the question of child abuse in nuclear families.tatoeba

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