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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2004 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: scorn, despise, make light of, contempt

Kunyomi: あなど.る, あなず.る

Onyomi: ブ

Composition: 亻 毎

侮

Radical

Radical: 人

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

侮辱する(ぶじょくする)   treat with contempt, insult

侮蔑する(ぶべつする)   scorn, disdain

軽侮する(けいぶする)   scorn

侮る(あなどる)   despise, disdain, make light of

Onyomi Examples

侮 (ブ) (something) despised, (something) made light of

侮辱 (ブジョク) insult, affront, slight, contempt (e.g. of court)

軽侮 (ケイブ) contempt, scorn

Kunyomi Examples

侮る (あなどる) to disdain, to look down on, to make light of, to hold in contempt, to scorn, to despise

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