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蔑 means 'contempt'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 1998   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Challenge set: 17    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 7 words   Used in 14 words   Used in 1 name   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ベツ
Kun
   さげすむ to scorn, to despise
Additional readings
Kun    ないがしろ   くらい   なみする
Notes
After reading this essay, you'll know how to do all of this: talk about looking down on others, express contempt, accuse men of sexist thinking, and say that you despise someone. You'll also understand why a famous thinker thought Japan should bid good riddance to the rest of Asia, why the nobles viewed samurai as savages, and how a word for "scorn" relates to a carpentry technique.
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⿳  艹 (艸) grass  罒 (网) net  戌 dog  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 蔑 is used 3 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 蔑 is used 12 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
ベツ : 6 words FIND ALL
scorn; disdain; contempt
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ベツ (read as べっ) : 3 words FIND ALL
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
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さげすむ : 2 words FIND ALL
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
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なみする : 1 word FIND ALL
suru verb - special class
to set at naught; to ignore; to disregard  (obsolete term)
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蔑
ベツ    contempt   さげすむ to scorn, to despise   
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戌
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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戊
#5, 5th   
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戈
spear; javelin
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
1
罒
net
艹
grass   
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