What is the Kanji for "Amazing", "Terrible", "Wonderful", and "Awful"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Amazing", "Terrible", "Wonderful", and "Awful", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Amazing", "Terrible", "Wonderful", and "Awful" is "凄".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Sugo".

Its onyomi reading is "Sei".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "冫" means "Ice" . And The kanji "妻" means "Wife" and can be read as "Sai" and "Tsuma".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "凄" mean in japanese?

"凄" means "Amazing", "Terrible", "Wonderful", and "Awful".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

凄い: "Amazing". The Japanese adjective '凄い (すごい)' means 'amazing'. It is used to describe something that is extraordinary, impressive, or exceptionally good. It can be used to express admiration, surprise, or awe. For example: That was an amazing performance - (それは凄いパフォーマンスでした). The scenery here is amazing - (ここの景色は凄いです).

物凄い: "Tremendous" or "Incredible". The Japanese adjective '物凄い (ものすごい)' can mean 'tremendous' or 'incredible'. It is used to express that something is extremely large, powerful, or intense in a positive way. For example: That storm was tremendous - (あの嵐は物凄かった). The actor's performance was incredible - (俳優の演技は物凄かった)

凄まじい: "Tremendous". The Japanese adjective '凄まじい (すさまじい)' means 'tremendous'. It is used to describe something that is extremely intense, powerful, or remarkable in a way that provokes awe or fear. This adjective can be used to describe physical phenomena, emotions, or actions. For example: The thunderstorm was tremendous - (その雷雨は凄まじかった). Her passion for the cause was tremendous - (彼女のその運動への熱意は凄まじかった).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "せ" is read as "se". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "す" is read as "su". And The hiragana "ご" is read as "go".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.