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侮

scorn, despise, make light of, contempt

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes8

Readings

On'yomi

  • ブ

Kun'yomi

  • あなど.る
  • あなず.る

Meaning

侮 centers on looking down on someone or something: scorning, despising, treating with contempt, or making light of them.

Most common words using 侮

  • 侮辱ぶじょく
    N1

    insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

  • 侮るあなどる
    N1

    to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

  • 侮蔑ぶべつ
    N1

    scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

  • 侮りあなどり

    contempt; scorn

  • 侮ぶ

    (something) despised; (something) made light of

  • 侮りがたいあなどりがたい

    formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of

  • 侮慢ぶまん

    contempt; insult; offense; offence

  • 侮日ぶにち

    contempt for Japan; anti-Japanese sentiment

  • 侮蔑的ぶべつてき

    insulting; derogatory

  • 侮蔑語ぶべつご

    pejorative term; derogatory term; disparaging term

  • 侮言ぶげん

    insult

  • 侮辱的ぶじょくてき

    insulting; offensive

  • 侮辱罪ぶじょくざい

    (crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)

  • 法廷侮辱ほうていぶじょく

    contempt of court

  • 法廷侮辱罪ほうていぶじょくざい

    (crime of) contempt of court

  • 軽侮けいぶ

    contempt; scorn

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Etymology

侮 combines 亻 (person) with 每, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of belittling or treating lightly.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 beside 每 (which looks like a mother 母 with a hairpin) acts scornfully, as if dismissing someone as insignificant.

Reading mnemonic

For ブ, imagine a bully sneering 'boo' at someone: boo -> ブ, and the person 亻 on the left is the target of that contempt.