Entry
  1. Noun

    hell on earth; living hell

    生き地獄は、言い過ぎだと私も思う。
    I also think 'living hell' is putting it too strongly.

Also written 生地獄【いきじごく】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

3
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life, genuine, birth

Kun
い.きるい.かすい.けるう.まれるうま.れるう.まれうまれう.むお.うは.えるは.やすなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う
On
セイショウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
29 of 2500
Radical
life
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

あさいきいくいけうぶうまいおいぎゅうくるみごせじょうすぎそうちるなばにうにゅうもうよいりゅう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
0a5.29The Kanji Dictionary
2510.0Four corner code
2472deroo
751fUnicode hex code
1-32-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2991Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3715New Nelson (John Haig)
3497New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4309Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2179Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2933Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1555Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1675Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
214Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
67Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21670Morohashi
42A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
44Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34sakade
71Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44henshall3
43Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
9crowley
49Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
1327Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1569Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng1Pinyin reading
saengKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
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ground, earth

On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
40 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

どま

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-3SKIP code
3b3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4411.2Four corner code
1456deroo
5730Unicode hex code
1-35-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1056Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
976New Nelson (John Haig)
204New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
236Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
515Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
40A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
241Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
143Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4890Morohashi
167A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
118Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111sakade
143Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
184henshall3
130Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
45crowley
146Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
367Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
521Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
di4, de5Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

prison, jail

On
ゴク
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1529 of 2500
Radical
dog
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
3g11.1The Kanji Dictionary
4323.4Four corner code
2963deroo
7344Unicode hex code
1-25-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2906Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3602New Nelson (John Haig)
712New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
872Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
501Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
644Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
338Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
361Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1644A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1219Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
20603Morohashi
1274A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
884Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
905Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1530Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1717Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1518Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1309Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
344Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu4Pinyin reading
ogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level