Kanji

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: slander, disparage, censure, criticize

Kunyomi: そし.る

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: speech

Examples

Onyomi Examples

機嫌 キゲン humour, humor, temper, mood, spirits, safety, health, well-being, one's situation, in a good mood, in high spirits, happy, cheery, merry, chipper

キショウ snicker, snigger, ridiculing laughter

誹毀 ヒキ defamation, libel, calumny, slander

Kunyomi Examples

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