酷

kù

“Ruthless” in Chinese is 酷 (kù).

Other characters with the syllable ku: see all 7 →

Meaning

ruthless
strong (e.g. of wine)
(loanword) cool

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Example

对动物来说这不是什么残酷的事情。

When it comes to animals, this can't be considered as being something cruel.

From 残酷 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Words containing 酷

残酷cánkùcruel; harsh; mercilessHSK 6 酷似kùsìto strikingly resembleHSK 7-9 冷酷lěngkùunfeeling; callousHSK 7-9 冷酷无情lěngkù-wúqíngcold-hearted; unfeeling; callousHSK 7-9

More HSK 6 characters

挨áiin order; in sequenceHSK 6 傲àoproudHSK 6 罢bàto stopHSK 6 榜bǎngnotice or announcementHSK 6 傍bàngnearHSK 6 胞bāoplacentaHSK 6 暴bàosuddenHSK 6 爆bàoto explode; to burstHSK 6 奔bènto hurryHSK 6 逼bīto compelHSK 6

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