侮
scorn, despise, make light of, contempt
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
Study
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.