Kanji

虐

tyrannize, oppress

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

虍部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ギャク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

しいたげる

Common Readings

ギャク, しいた…げる

Example sentences

虐待 ぎゃくたい
児童虐待は社会全体で解決すべき深刻な問題だ。

Child abuse is a serious problem that the entire society must solve.

虐げる しいたげる
力のない者を虐げてはいけない

You must not oppress the powerless.

虐殺 ぎゃくさつ
多くの一般市民がその虐殺で命を落とした。

Many civilians lost their lives in that massacre.

残虐 ざんぎゃく
彼は残虐な行為をした。

He committed a cruel act.

自虐的 じぎゃくてき
彼は時々、自虐的な冗談を言って周囲を笑わせる。

He sometimes tells self-deprecating jokes and makes everyone around him laugh.

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