嫌 – dislike, detest, hate

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1207 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 嫌 means dislike, detest, hate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン、ゲン (ken, gen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きら.う、きら.い、いや (kirau, kirai, iya). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
On’yomi	ゲン	gen
Kun’yomi	きら.う	kirau
Kun’yomi	きら.い	kirai
Kun’yomi	いや	iya

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: ｜・ヨ・女・ハ・并.

Words using 嫌

嫌いやdisliking嫌いきらいdisliking機嫌きげんhumour嫌うきらうto hate嫌がるいやがるto appear uncomfortable (with)好き嫌いすききらいlikes and dislikes嫌々いやいやunwillingly

Example sentences

彼の話し方が嫌なの。

I don't like his way of talking.

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この卵は嫌な匂いがする。

This egg has a bad smell.

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「あなたは仕事が気に入っていると思います」「いやそれどころか、嫌いです」

"I think you like your job." "On the contrary, I hate it."

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Kanji with the same radical

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