惨 : Wretched

↑ click kanji to animate ↑

Components:

wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh

On 'yomi:

サン(san) ザン(zan)

Kun 'yomi:

みじ.め(miji.me) いた.む(ita.mu) むご.い(mugo.i)

Unicode:	060e8
jis208:	27-20

Some information on this page provided by EDICT

惨状を極める(さんじょうをきわめる)	to present a very terrible (miserable) sight
惨酷(さんこく)	atrocity, cruelty, brutality
意匠惨憺(いしょうさんたん)	agonizing over designing or creating something, making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something
冷酷無惨(れいこくむざん)	cruel and heartless, merciless, implacable, cold-blooded
惨たらしい(むごたらしい)	incredibly brutal, gory, gruesome