侮 – scorn, despise, make light of

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#2004 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 侮 means scorn, despise, make light of, contempt. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ブ (bu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あなど.る、あなず.る (anadoru, anazuru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ブ	bu
Kun’yomi	あなど.る	anadoru
Kun’yomi	あなず.る	anazuru

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: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・母・毋・乞.

Words using 侮

侮辱ぶじょくinsult

Example sentences

上司を侮辱するような危険をおかすな。

Don't risk insulting your boss.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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