Hanja Analyzer
蔑

蔑 — myeol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
업신여길 멸
Romanization
myeol
English
disdain, disregard; slight
Mandarin
miè
Japanese on'yomi
ベツ, メチ, ベイ, メイ
Japanese kun'yomi
ないがしろ なみ.する くらい さげす.む
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,483 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
艸 (140, 11 residual)
Unicode
U+8511

How 蔑 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蔑 as a ideographic compound involving 𦰋, 戈.

Korean example words with 蔑

  • 능멸凌蔑 Korean gloss: 업신여기어 깔봄
  • 자멸自蔑 Korean gloss: 스스로 자신을 멸시함
  • 멸시蔑視 Korean gloss: 업신여기거나 하찮게 여겨 깔봄
  • 경멸輕蔑 Korean gloss: 매우 싫어하거나 무시하는 듯한 태도로 낮추어 봄
  • 모멸스럽다侮蔑 Korean gloss: 업신여기고 얕잡아 보는 느낌이 있다
  • 모멸감侮蔑感 Korean gloss: 업신여겨지고 깔보이는 느낌
  • 자멸감自蔑感 Korean gloss: 스스로 자신을 멸시하는 감정
  • 멸시감蔑視感 Korean gloss: 남을 멸시하거나 남에게 멸시당하는 느낌
  • 경멸감輕蔑感 Korean gloss: 매우 싫어하거나 무시하는 듯한 태도로 낮추어 보는 느낌
  • 경멸심輕蔑心 Korean gloss: 매우 싫어하거나 무시하는 듯한 태도로 낮추어 보는 마음
  • 멸이蔑爾 Korean gloss: 크기가 작음.
  • 멸대蔑待 Korean gloss: 업신여기어 차갑게 대함.

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

Japanese words with 蔑

  • 蔑視べっし contempt; derision; slight
  • 軽蔑けいべつ contempt; scorn; disdain
  • 侮蔑ぶべつ scorn; disdain; contempt
  • 蔑むさげすむ to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt
  • 蔑ろないがしろ (a) slight; disrespect; making light (of)
  • 蔑称べっしょう disparaging term; derogatory term; derogatory name
  • 蔑みさげすみ contempt; disdain; scorn
  • 蔑如べつじょ looking down on; despising; contempt
  • 軽蔑語けいべつご pejorative term; derogatory word; invective
  • 蔑するなみする to set at naught; to ignore; to disregard
  • 侮蔑語ぶべつご pejorative term; derogatory term; disparaging term
  • 軽蔑的けいべつてき contemptuous; disdainful; scornful

Other hanja read “멸”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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