# 醜 ugly

西 (west) + 鬼 (demon)
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18 strokes
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## Onyomi

## Mnemonic

| Western demons are ugly!! Ha ha it is so racist! To anyone who thinks this dictionary is not PC, well, sorry!Blame the Chinese!

## Kunyomi

みにく＊い | the type of stick that hit your Moms way back when. ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

醜悪(しゅうあく) | hideous, scandalous ☆☆☆☆☆ NP 醜 (ugly) + 悪 (bad) = 醜悪 (hideous, scandalous) hideous - more literary and more extreme than the related word 醜い (みにくい). Also - unlike みにくい, 醜悪 is more often used figuratively to mean 'scandalous' : an ugly divorce, a scandalous rift between political factions.

## Synonyms

ugly 醜い 醜悪 気色悪い おぞましい