侮
侮 — Scorn
scorn, despise, make light of, contempt
On’yomiブ (bu)
Kun’yomiあなどる (anadoru)
Kun’yomiあなずる (anazuru)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 侮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侮辱 | ぶじょく bujoku | insult; affront; slight |
| 侮蔑 | ぶべつ bubetsu | scorn; disdain; contempt |
| 侮る | あなどる anadoru | to disdain; to look down on; to make light of |
Study notes
侮 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2004 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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