酷

Cruel

Also: Severe, Atrocious, Unjust

On'yomi

  • こく koku

Kun'yomi

  • ひど hido
Stroke count
14
Radical
酉 wine · Kangxi radical 164
JLPT level
N1
School grade
Secondary school

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