Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: dislike, detest, hate

Kunyomi: きら.う きら.い いや

Onyomi: ケン ゲン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おんなへん

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

自己悪(じこけんお)   self-hatred

(きげん)   mood

う(きらう)   dislike [v.t.]

いな(きらいな)   dislike

好きい(すききらい)   likes and dislikes

食わずい(くわずぎらい)   prejudiced against (some food)

な(いやな)   unpleasant

がる(いやがる)   dislike, unwilling, reluctant [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

イヤキ dislike, disgust, disinclination, tired of

ケンオ disgust, hate, repugnance, loathing

酒機 サカキゲン one's mood when drinking alcohol

屠蘇機 トソキゲン feeling a little drunk with the New Year's sake

Kunyomi Examples

きらう to hate, to dislike, to loathe

きらい disliked, hated, disagreeable, tendency, smack (of), touch (of), distinction, discrimination

いがある きらいがある to have a tendency to, to be liable to, to have a touch of, to have a smack of

いや disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant, reluctant

がらせ いやがらせ harassment, pestering