EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 54
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe

    Usually written using kana alone

    この薬はひどい味がする。
    This medicine tastes horrible.
  2. violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. very bad; terrible; awful

    Usually written using kana alone

  4. excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

    Usually written using kana alonesee 酷く

Also written 非道い【ひどい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cruel, severe, atrocious, unjust

Kun
ひど.い
On
コク
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1596 of 2500
Radical
wine
WaniKani
Level 54

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7e7.1The Kanji Dictionary
1466.1Four corner code
3277deroo
9177Unicode hex code
1-25-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4788Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6176New Nelson (John Haig)
1562New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1967Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1048Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1414Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1431Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1539Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1702A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1591Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39870PMorohashi
1273A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1711Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1828Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1837Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1735Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1596Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1796Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1443Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ku4Pinyin reading
hogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
54WaniKani level