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憎 means 'hate'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 1419   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Challenge set: 7    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 52    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 17 words   Used in 33 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ゾウ
Kun
   にくむ to hate   にくしみ hatred   にくい   にくらしい odious, hateful
Variants
憎  
Notes
It's important to know if others hate you. It's even more crucial to recognize that someone is using 憎 ironically to say that you're cute or amazing. Find out when the Japanese avoid mentioning hatred and when they're surprisingly direct. See which book titles contain 憎, including one about tsunami victims who simply can't hate the sea. And enjoy a folktale about love gone horribly awry.
This is a synopsis of Joy o' Kanji's in-depth essay on 憎
Components
⿰  忄 (心) heart  曽 formerly  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 憎 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 憎 is used 28 times, read 2 ways.
ゾウ : 6 words FIND ALL
love and hate; likes and dislikes
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にくむ : 22 words FIND ALL
noun
hatred
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Additional data
Henshall: 1532  Joy o' Kanji : 1532  Key to Kanji: - 

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憎
ゾウ   にくむ to hate   にくしみ hatred   にくい    にくらしい odious, hateful   
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4
忄
シン   こころ heart   
曽
ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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5
丷
eight
田
デン   た rice field   
2
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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