Kanji
酷
Cruel
Also: Severe, Atrocious, Unjust
On'yomi
- こく koku
Kun'yomi
- ひど hido
Kanji
Cruel
Also: Severe, Atrocious, Unjust
酷 has 14 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 酉 (wine), number 164. Hashidari places it at JLPT N1. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji
JLPT N1 kanji list · Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji