漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
凄: uncanny, weird
Also: threatening, horrible
N1 (our estimate)10 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
冫 carries the meaning · 妻 is drawn in
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
すごいsugoi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 凄いすごいterrible; dreadful
- 物凄いものすごいterrific; staggering; tremendous
すさまじいsusamajii · kun'yomi
- 凄まじいすさまじいterrible; dreadful; awful
Also read セイ, サイ, さむい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Brrr, it's freezing! Imagine two sharp icicles hanging from the edge of a roof.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qī
Same form: 凄 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 凄 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 凄 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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