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凄 means 'weird'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1474   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-23    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 17 words   Used in 17 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セイ
Additional readings
On    サイ
Kun    すごい weird, uncanny   すさまじい terrific, fierce   さむい
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 凄 - click the badge to download
The Japanese constantly say 凄い! (すごい!: Amazing!), so it’s amazing (!) to find out about 凄 and all of its surprises: the reason for its “ice” radical, the way 凄 has just one Joyo yomi (it's not すご•い!), and the shockingly negative nuance 凄 can have (as in words for "ghastly" and "violent"). Learn terms that intensify 凄い. And discover the revolting ingredient in a Viagra-like drink!
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Components
⿰  冫 (氷) ice  妻 wife  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 凄 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 凄 is used 17 times, read 3 ways.
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セイ : 5 words FIND ALL
せ い さ ん 0
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
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すごい : 11 words FIND ALL
す ご く 2 す ご く 1
awfully; very; immensely  (see also: 凄い; often written with kana only)
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すさまじい : 1 word FIND ALL
す さ ま じ い 4
terrible; awful
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 2040  Key to Kanji: - 

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凄
セイ    weird   
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冫
ice   
妻
サイ   つま wife   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
肀
slashed yo
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yo; yell
丨
stick   
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