Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 酷

酷

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Meaning

 cruel, severe, dreadful

Pronunciation

 KOKU

Explanation

 Left: wine mug 酉, right: proclaim, announce 告 (The cow 牛 opens the mouth 口 to announce sth.)

Mnemonic

After a mug of wine, he proclaimed about the cruelties. (Or: Another mug of wine is announced: How dreadful!)

Radicals

酉 alcohol(wine jar)
告 announce
牛 cow(Shows a head of a cow with only one horn.)
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Vocabulary

苛酷な かこくな unrelenting, brutal
酷似 こくじ resemblance, resemble
冷酷 れいこく cruelty, coldheartedness, relentless, ruthless
残酷 ざんこく cruelty, harshness

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