漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
嫌: dislike, detest
Also: hate
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
女 carries the meaning · 兼 gives the sound
13 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 自己嫌悪じこけんおself-hatred
ゲンgen · on'yomi
- 機嫌きげんmood
きらうkirau · kun'yomi · on its own
- 嫌うきらうdislike [v.t.]
きらいkirai · kun'yomi
- 嫌いなきらいなdislike
- 好き嫌いすききらいlikes and dislikes
- 食わず嫌いくわずぎらいprejudiced against (some food)
いやiya · kun'yomi
- 嫌ないやなunpleasant
- 嫌がるいやがるdislike, unwilling, reluctant [v.t.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兼
Also built on concurrently (兼)
嫌 takes the 兼 family's reading, ケン (ken).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side嫌 dislike · 女
vs廉 bargain · 广In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xián
Same form: 嫌 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 嫌 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 嫌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xián most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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