醜
醜 — Ugly
ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking
On’yomiシュウ (shuu)
Kun’yomiみにくい (minikui)
Kun’yomiしこ (shiko)
Stroke order (17 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 醜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 醜い | みにくい minikui | ugly; unattractive; bad-looking |
| 醜女 | しゅうじょ shuujo | ugly woman; unattractive woman; female demon |
| 醜態 | しゅうたい shuutai | disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct |
| 醜聞 | しゅうぶん shuubun | scandal |
| 醜悪 | しゅうあく shuuaku | ugly; unsightly; hideous |
Study notes
醜 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2074 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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