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

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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

14 strokes (also 13)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
ignore, despise, neglect, ridicule
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 蔑ろ 【ないがしろ】 (a) slight, disrespect, making light (of), neglect
  • 蔑ろにする 【ないがしろにする】 to make light of, to ignore, to slight
  • 蔑する 【なみする】 to set at naught, to ignore, to disregard
  • 蔑む 【さげすむ】 to scorn, to despise, to hold in contempt, to look down on, to disdain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mie4
Korean:
myeol

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4038 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1564 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2969 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2068 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31781 Morohashi
5179 New Nelson (John Haig)
2390 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
392 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k11.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-4-11 SKIP code
4425.3 Four corner code
1-42-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8511 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
word, speech, language
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 語 【ゴ】 word, language, speech
  • 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
  • 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
  • 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word

Kun reading compounds

  • 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
  • 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
  • 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3, yu4
Korean:
eo

Spanish

  • palabra
  • discurso
  • lenguaje
  • hablar
  • conversar
  • narrar

Portuguese

  • palavra
  • discurso
  • língua

French

  • langage
  • mot
  • raconter
209 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
124 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
112 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
274 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4374 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
231 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
87 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2136 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
67 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1685 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1944 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
353 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35533 Morohashi
1543 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5628 New Nelson (John Haig)
347 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
211 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
231 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0166.1 Four corner code
1-24-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a9e Unicode hex code