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虐: tyrannize, oppress

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
  • 虍(meaning)
9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ギャクgyaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 虐殺ぎゃくさつslaughter; massacre
  • 虐待ぎゃくたいabuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment
  • 残虐ざんぎゃくcruel; brutal; savage
  • 暴虐ぼうぎゃくtyranny; atrocity
  • 自虐じぎゃくself-torture; masochism

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 虐めいじめbullying; teasing

Also read しいたげる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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虍

Also built on 虍

Also read ギャク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
虐 tyrannize
vs虎 tiger · 儿
虎 adds 儿.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · nüè

Same form: 虐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
虐 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
虐 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin nüè 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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