adjective

  1. ugly, unattractive, bad-looking.
  2. unsightly, unseemly, disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
醜い みにくい
 
見憎い みにくい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ugly, unclean, shame
みにく.い シュウ しこ (Early High School, N1)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり ユウ なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし サイ セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
ghost, devil
おに キ (Early Jr. High, N1)
head or face of a ghost, spirit, or demon
フツ フチ ヒ
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)