凄
- Kanji
- 凄
- Level
- N1
- Meaning
- Dreadful, amazing
- On'yomi
- セイ
- Kun'yomi
- すご.い,すご.む
- Strokes
- 10
- Common compounds
凄い (すごい) amazing, dreadful, 凄まじい (すさまじい) tremendous, fierce
- Memory hook
"Dreadful" combines "water" (氵) and "wife" (妻), suggesting a wife's fierce emotions or a terrifying creature of the waters.