侮 (contempt, despise, make light of, scorn) - Kanji Codex

侮

contempt, despise, make light of, scorn

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ブ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あなず.るあなど.る

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:1

Frequency:2004

Vocabulary

ブ

Word	Reading	Meaning
侮辱	ブジョク	insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
侮蔑	ブベツ	scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
軽侮	ケイブ	contempt; scorn
侮言	ブゲン	insult
侮慢	ブマン	contempt; insult; offense; offence

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
侮る	あなどる	to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
侮	ぶ	(something) despised; (something) made light of
侮り	あなどり	contempt; scorn
侮りがたい	あなどりがたい	formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of

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