傖
vulgar person, country man
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Readings
On'yomi
- ショウ
- ソウ
Kun'yomi
- いや.しい
Meaning
傖 centers on a rough, uncultured person: a vulgar individual or a rustic country man lacking refinement.
Study
Etymology
傖 combines 亻 (person) with 倉, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a storehouse or granary, suggesting a coarse, unrefined person from the countryside.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 beside a storehouse 倉: imagine a rough country man loitering by a barn, looking vulgar and uncultured.
Reading mnemonic
For ショウ, picture a show-off country man bragging loudly by the storehouse: show -> ショウ, and his vulgar behavior fits the meaning.