凄

10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible

Kun'yomi
  • さむい
  • すごい
    		terrible ②amazing (e.g. of strength) ③awfully
  • すさまじい
    		terrible ②tremendous ③appalling
On'yomi
  • セイ
  • サイ

Main Radical

冫(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

すごい 90.3%
すさまじい 6.2%
セイ 3.5%

Character Breakdown

uncanny, weird, threatening
すご.い　すさ.まじい　セイ (11th)
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ　こおり (Kentei 1)
wife, spouse
つま　サイ　ずま (5th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
pen radical
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)

Common Words

すさ
凄
　
ま
　
じ
　
い
terrible ②tremendous ③appalling
すご
凄
うで
腕
remarkable ability ②go-getter
せい
凄
さん
惨
ghastly
すご
凄
　
み
ghastliness ②intimidation
すご
凄
　
む
to threaten
せい
凄
ぜつ
絶
extremely gruesome
すご
凄
もん
文
く
句
intimidating language
すご
凄
　
み
　
を
き
利
　
か
　
せ
　
る
to threaten
すご
凄
　
み
　
を
き
利
　
か
　
す
to threaten
せい
凄
えん
艶
weirdly beautiful
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References

Unicode hex code 51C4
JIS X 0208 1-32-8
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 647
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 425
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 145
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 110
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2133
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2036
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1657
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 683
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2b8.4
Four corner code 3514.4