Onyomi: ゾウ · Kunyomi: にく.い, にく.しみ, にく.む, にく.らしい · Meanings: detest, hate
Kanji for detest, hate
Fast lookup with examples and clean stroke-order visualization.
Experience 憎 in 3D! View the complete 3D Kanji model to understand its shape and stroke depth from every angle. Click the button below to see 憎 in 3D and explore how each stroke forms this character.
Please support us by sharing!
憎 is formed from the heart radical 忄 on the left and the character 曾 on the right. 忄 represents feelings or emotions, while 曾 conveys the idea of something piling up or building over time. Together, they show a negative feeling that builds up in the heart. From this structure, 憎 came to mean hate, dislike, or feel resentment.
憎 shows strong negative feelings building in the heart, meaning to hate or resent.
Think of bad feelings (忄) slowly piling up again and again (曾). When negative emotions build up in the heart, they turn into hate or resentment — 憎.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 憎しみ | にくしみ | hatred | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 憎む | にくむ | to hate, to detest | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 憎らしい | にくらしい | odious, hateful, detestable, horrible | common JLPT-N2 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 憎い | にくい | hateful, detestable, abominable, vexing, provoking | JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 憎悪 | ぞうお | hatred, abhorrence, loathing, detestation | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 憎み合う | にくみあう | to hate each other, to hate mutually | Godan verb with 'u' ending |
| 憎たらしい | にくたらしい | odious, hateful, awful, horrid, revolting | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 憎まれ役 | にくまれやく | thankless role, ungracious part | Noun |
| 憎まれっ子 | にくまれっこ | hated child, bad kid | Noun |
| 憎さ | にくさ | hatefulness, hatred | Noun |
| 憎み合い | にくみあい | mutual hatred | Noun |
| 憎悪犯罪 | ぞうおはんざい | hate crime | Noun |
| 憎き | にっくき | accursed, damned, blasted | Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi) |
| 憎めない | にくめない | hard to dislike, impossible to hate, likeable | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 憎からず | にくからず | affectionately, tenderly, lovingly | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Adverb (fukushi) |