Word details

憎い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 憎い.

Dictionary

Entry

憎い悪い~い Adj.Freq #1267
1

hateful; detestable; abominable; vexing; provoking

Examples
かわいさ余ってさ百倍。
The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.
2

amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

hate, detest

14 strokesFrequency 1,808JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ゾウ

Kun

にく.むにく.いにく.らしいにく.しみ

bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

11 strokesFrequency 530JLPT N3Grade 3

On

アク

Kun

わる.いわる-あ.しにく.い-にく.いああいずくにいずくんぞにく.む

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