nüè
cruel
Depicts a tiger (虍) attacking or clawing a person (人).
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 虐
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to mistreat | ||
oppressive | ||
to wreak havoc | ||
brutal | ||
giving succor to the enemy |
Component uses
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ŋ](r)awk | ngjak | nüè | cruel |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 9.0021% of movies
1968th most common character in movies
2665th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+8650 |
Shuowen | “虐，殘也。从虍，虎足反爪人也。，古文虐如此。” |
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