残忍

See also: 殘忍

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 殘忍 (“cruel; ruthless; merciless; heartless”).
(This term is the simplified form of 殘忍).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ざん
Grade: 4
にん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
殘忍 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んにん [zàńníń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡zã̠ɲ̟ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Adjective

(ざん)(にん) • (zannin) -na (adnominal (ざん)(にん) (zannin na), adverbial (ざん)(にん) (zannin ni))

  1. brutal, cruel
    Synonyms: 極悪, 凶悪, 強暴, 残酷

Inflection

Noun

(ざん)(にん) • (zannin) 

  1. brutality, cruelty

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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