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侮

侮 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あなどる。
  2. 軽蔑。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「每」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

scorn, despise, make light of, contempt

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ブJHS
Kun (native)
  • あなど(る)HS
  • あなず(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音wu3
  • 한글mo
  • Hán-ViệtVũ

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Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4FAE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻每

Words using this kanji

  • 侮辱ぶじょくあざけって相手の名誉を棄損すること。辱めること。 あざけって相手の名誉を棄損するinsult, affront, slight, contempt (e.g. of court)
  • 侮蔑ぶべつ侮り蔑むこと。相手を自分より劣っているとみなすこと。scorn, disdain, contempt, slight
  • 侮るあなどるたいしたものではないと軽んじて考える。to disdain, to look down on, to make light of, to hold in contempt
  • 侮りあなどりcontempt, scorn
  • 侮言ぶげん人を侮って言うこと。また、その言葉。insult
  • 侮慢ぶまんcontempt, insult, offense, offence
  • 侮日ぶにちcontempt for Japan, anti-Japanese sentiment
  • 侮辱罪ぶじょくざい事実を摘示しなくても、公然と人を侮辱する罪。第231条で規定されている。(crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
  • 侮蔑語ぶべつごpejorative term, derogatory term, disparaging term
  • 侮辱的ぶじょくてき相手を見下し、馬鹿にするさまinsulting, offensive
  • 侮蔑的ぶべつてきinsulting, derogatory
  • 侮りがたいあなどりがたいformidable, not to be sneered at, not to be made light of

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Lookup codes

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1-2-6
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