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侮 means 'disdain'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 2183   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-42    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 13 words   Used in 17 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ブ
Kun
   あなどる to disdain, scorn
Additional readings
Kun    あなずる
Variants
侮  
Notes
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Find out why one might use 侮る (mainly "to disdain") for mountains. See how nobles were snobs who viewed samurai as savages and used poetry to prove it. Discover how a serpent may connect to the proverb "If you can't beat them, join them." Also learn to say, "She could not put up with the insults anymore," "Your remark amounts to an insult," and "He made light of the danger."
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⿰  亻 (人) man  毎 every, each  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 侮 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 侮 is used 16 times, read 2 ways.
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ブ : 13 words FIND ALL
ぶ じ ょ く 0
insult; contempt; slight
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あなどる : 3 words FIND ALL
あ な ど り 4
noun
contempt; scorn
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Additional data
Henshall: 1760  Joy o' Kanji : 1760  Key to Kanji: - 

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侮
ブ   あなどる to disdain, scorn   
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毎
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
毋
ボ   はは mother   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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