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刻薄

刻薄

Chinese

 
quarter (hour); (a measure word); to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive
 
thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
simp. and trad.
(刻薄)

Adjective

刻薄

  1. mean; unkind

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 6 Grade: S

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

刻薄 (-na inflection, hiragana こくはく, romaji kokuhaku)

  1. cruel, inhumane

Inflection

Noun

刻薄 (hiragana こくはく, romaji kokuhaku)

  1. cruelty, inhumanity