| 憎 | |||
| hate, detest, abhor; hatred | |||
| Radical | 心忄𢖩 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 12 | Total Strokes | 15 |
| Mandarin reading | zēng | Cantonese reading | zang1 |
| Japanese on reading | zou | Japanese kun reading | nikumu nikushimi nikui |
| Korean reading | cung | Vietnamese reading | |
| 憎 | |||
| hate, detest, abhor; hatred | |||
| Radical | 心忄𢖩 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 12 | Total Strokes | 15 |
| Mandarin reading | zēng | Cantonese reading | zang1 |
| Japanese on reading | zou | Japanese kun reading | nikumu nikushimi nikui |
| Korean reading | cung | Vietnamese reading | |
| 憎厌 | [ zēng yàn ] to loathe |
| 憎恶 | [ zēng è ] to hate evil, see also 憎惡|憎恶[zeng1 wu4] |
| 憎恶 | [ zēng wù ] to loathe, to hate, to abhor, see also 憎惡|憎恶[zeng1 e4] |
| ⇒ 爱憎 | [ aì zēng ] love and hate |
| ⇒ 爱憎分明 | [ aì zēng fēn míng ] to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates, to have well-defined likes and dislikes |