Hanja Analyzer
侮

侮 — mo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
업신여길 모
Romanization
mo
English
insult, ridicule, disgrace
Mandarin
wǔ
Japanese on'yomi
ブ
Japanese kun'yomi
あなど.る あなず.る
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,004 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
人 (9, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
每
Unicode
U+4FAE

Parts that make up 侮

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 毎 매양 매 비녀 꽂은 어미每 와 같은 글자. ‘매·모’ 계열의 소리

How 侮 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 侮 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 每.

Korean example words with 侮

  • 천모賤侮 Korean gloss: 천대하고 업신여김
  • 경모輕侮 Korean gloss: 남을 하찮게 보아 업신여기거나 모욕함
  • 수모하다受侮 Korean gloss: 모욕을 주다
  • 능모하다凌侮 Korean gloss: 업신여기어 깔보다
  • 모욕하다侮辱 Korean gloss: 깔보고 욕되게 하다
  • 모멸스럽다侮蔑 Korean gloss: 업신여기고 얕잡아 보는 느낌이 있다
  • 수모감受侮感 Korean gloss: 모욕을 받는 듯한 느낌
  • 모멸감侮蔑感 Korean gloss: 업신여겨지고 깔보이는 느낌
  • 모욕감侮辱感 Korean gloss: 얕보이고 창피를 당하고 불명예스러운 느낌
  • 면모免侮 Korean gloss: 모욕을 면함.
  • 모일侮日 Korean gloss: 일본을 멸시함.
  • 견모見侮 Korean gloss: 업신여김을 당함.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 侮

  • 侮辱ぶじょく insult; affront; slight
  • 侮蔑ぶべつ scorn; disdain; contempt
  • 侮るあなどる to disdain; to look down on; to make light of
  • 軽侮けいぶ contempt; scorn
  • 侮りあなどり contempt; scorn
  • 侮言ぶげん insult
  • 侮慢ぶまん contempt; insult; offense
  • 侮日ぶにち contempt for Japan; anti-Japanese sentiment
  • 侮辱罪ぶじょくざい (crime of) defamation (i.e. slander, libel)
  • 侮蔑語ぶべつご pejorative term; derogatory term; disparaging term
  • 侮辱的ぶじょくてき insulting; offensive
  • 侮蔑的ぶべつてき insulting; derogatory

Characters sharing the phonetic 每

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “모”

Other hanja with radical 人

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