10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

uncanny, weird, threatening, horrible

Kun'yomi
  • さむ
  • terrible ②amazing (e.g. of strength) ③awfully
  • terrible ②tremendous ③appalling
On'yomi
  • セイ
  • サイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

すご 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

terrible ②tremendous ③appalling
remarkable ability ②go-getter
ghastliness ②intimidation
to threaten
extremely gruesome
intimidating language
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