惨酷

Traditional form:

慘酷

Pinyin (reading):

cǎnkù

Definitions:

• (literary) cruel; savage; merciless

Characters:

• 惨 - miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman
• 酷 - strong, stimulating; ruthless, intense

Traditional characters:

• 慘 - miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman
• 酷 - strong, stimulating; ruthless, intense