憎 detest

(leftheart) + 曽 (gain) Same-ON

Onyomi

Mnemonic

The more I detest (insert name of personal enemy), the more my heartbeat gains speed.

Kunyomi

にく*らしい	hateful, just odious, terribly immoral. ★★☆☆☆
にく＊む	to hate or detest! Not like "I hate sports" or "I hate Insane Clown Posse," but like "I detest Hitler and female genital mutilation." ★★☆☆☆

Lookalikes

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
贈	give	MONEY	貝
増	increase	EARTH	土
憎	detest	HEART	心
慣	adapt	not HORNY
僧	buddhist monk	PERSON	人

You give MONEY away.

The EARTH'S temperature increases.

You detest me with all your HEART.

I adapt to it because I'm NOT HORNY for you anyway.

A monk is a PERSON.

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
憎	detest	HORNY
惜	close but no cigar	HELLBUNNY

When you get HORNY, you detest the BUNNIES that tell you close but no cigar! You got dissed, player!

Synonyms

detest 侮る    嫌がる    憎しみ    憎らしい    卑しめる    いやしむべき 忌み嫌う    忌まわしい    卑しむ