Kanji

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Meaning: flatter

Kunyomi: へつら.う へつら.い

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: speech

Examples

Onyomi Examples

アユ flattery, adulation

Kunyomi Examples

諂う へつらう to flatter, to curry favour (with), to play up (to), to suck up (to), to toady (to)

諂い へつらい flattery