Kanji

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: ridicule, slander

Kunyomi: そし.る

Onyomi: ハイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: speech

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ヒボウ slander, abuse

ヒキ defamation, libel, calumny, slander

キヒ abuse, slander

俳諧 ハイカイ haikai, collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc., humorous or vulgar renga poetry

俳風 ハイフウ style of a haikai or haiku poem

Kunyomi Examples

謗る そしる to slander, to libel, to criticize, to criticise