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憎 kanji: meaning “hate”, readings and mnemonic

JLPT N214 strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning
hate
On'yomi
ゾウ
Kun'yomi
にく・む、にく・い、にく・らしい、にく・しみ

Picture story to remember 憎

Your heart (忄) keeps stewing over things that happened formerly (曽), and that bitter feeling is hate.

Parts in this story:曽

How to write 憎: stroke order

憎 is written with 14 strokes. Watch them drawn in order.

Words that use 憎

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Kanji that share parts with 憎.