JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Kanji 虐: "tyrannize, oppress"
The kanji 虐 means "tyrannize, oppress". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ギャク in on'yomi and しいた.げる in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ギャク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しいた.げる
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | tyrannize, oppress |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1464 of 2,501 |
Common words with 虐
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 虐めbullying; teasing
- 虐待abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment
- 虐殺slaughter; massacre
- 虐げるto oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
- 残虐cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
- 暴虐tyranny; atrocity
- 自虐的self-torturing; masochistic
- 自虐self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
- 嗜虐的sadistic
- 嗜虐心sadistic desires; sadistic feelings
- 嗜虐sadism
- 被虐suffering (as a result of maltreatment)
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