嫌
嫌 — hyeom
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 싫어할 혐
- Romanization
- hyeom
- English
- hate, detest; suspect; criticize
- Mandarin
- xián
- Japanese on'yomi
- ケン, ゲン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- きら.う きら.い いや
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,207 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 女 (38, 10 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 兼(겸)
- Unicode
- U+5ACC
Parts that make up 嫌
How 嫌 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 嫌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 兼.
Korean example words with 嫌
- 사혐私嫌 Korean gloss: 개인적인 혐의
- 숙혐宿嫌 Korean gloss: 오래 묵은 혐의
- 시혐猜嫌 Korean gloss: 시기하고 싫어함
- 증혐憎嫌 Korean gloss: 미워하고 싫어함
- 원혐怨嫌 Korean gloss: 못마땅하게 여겨 싫어하고 미워함
- 노혐怒嫌 Korean gloss: 분하고 섭섭하여 화가 치미는 감정
- 혐사嫌似 Korean gloss: 의심스러워할 만함. 또는 그런 점
- 혐한嫌韓 Korean gloss: 한국이나 한국인을 싫어하고 미워함
- 세혐世嫌 Korean gloss: 두 집안 사이에 대대로 내려오는 원한과 미움
- 함혐含嫌 Korean gloss: 싫어하거나 미워하는 마음을 가짐. 또는 그 마음
- 극혐極嫌 Korean gloss: 어떠한 것을 정도가 심하게 싫어하고 미워함. 또는 그런 것
- 혐기하다嫌忌 Korean gloss: 싫어하고 꺼리다
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 嫌
- 嫌いや disliking; not wanting; unwilling (to do)
- 嫌いきらい disliking; hating; detesting
- 嫌気いやき dislike; disgust; disinclination
- 嫌がらせいやがらせ harassment; pestering
- 機嫌きげん humour; humor; temper
- 嫌うきらう to hate; to dislike; to loathe
- 上機嫌じょうきげん good humour (humor); good mood
- 嫌疑けんぎ suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
- 嫌悪けんお disgust; hate; repugnance
- 好き嫌いすききらい likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences
- 大嫌いだいきらい hating; strongly disliking
- 不機嫌ふきげん pout; displeasure; ill humor
Characters sharing the phonetic 兼
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “겸” in Korean.
Other hanja with radical 女
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences