11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 7th grade
JLPT exam level N1

wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh

Kun'yomi
  • miserable
  • いた
  • cruel ②tragic
On'yomi
  • サン
    appalling
  • ザン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

サンザン 63.8%
みじ 24.4%
むご 11.8%

Character Breakdown

wretched, disaster, cruelty
サン みじ.め むご.い (7th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
nonplussed, three (in documents), going
サン まい.る シン (4th, N3)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 60E8
JIS X 0208 1-27-20
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1713
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1896
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 483
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 585
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 354
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 441
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1721
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1857
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1470
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1304
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 10850
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1309
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1725
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1843
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1304
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1433
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1457
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 818
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1737
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4k8.5
Four corner code 9302.2
De Roo Code 1160