Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
scorn, despise, make light of, contempt
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2004 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 侮 【ブ】 (something) despised, (something) made light of
  • 侮辱 【ブジョク】 insult, affront, slight, contempt (e.g. of court)
  • 軽侮 【ケイブ】 contempt, scorn

Kun reading compounds

  • 侮る 【あなどる】 to disdain, to look down on, to make light of, to hold in contempt, to scorn, to despise
  • 侮る 【あなどる】 to disdain, to look down on, to make light of, to hold in contempt, to scorn, to despise

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu3
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • desprecio
  • menosprecio
  • despreciar
  • menospreciar

Portuguese

  • desdém
  • desprezo
  • desprezar

French

  • mépriser
  • dédaigner
  • prendre à la légère
  • irrespect
1760 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1900 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
421 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1212 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1047 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1736 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1858 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1801 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
91 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
91 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
59 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
63 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
998 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
629P Morohashi
82 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
187 New Nelson (John Haig)
989 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1064 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1151 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2147 2001 Kanji
2a6.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
2825.7 Four corner code
1-41-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4fae Unicode hex code