侮

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侮	U+4FAE, 侮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FAE

CJK Unified Ideographs

侮	U+FA30, 侮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA30

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

侮	U+2F805, 侮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F805

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

Translingual

Han character

侮 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7 in Chinese, 人+6 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese, 8 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人人田卜 (OOWY), four-corner 2825₇, composition ⿰亻每(GHTKV) or ⿰亻毎(J))

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 103, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 629
Dae Jaweon: page 218, character 17
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 163, character 1
Unihan data for U+4FAE

Unihan data for U+FA30

Unihan data for U+2F805

Chinese

simp. and trad.		侮
alternative forms		㑄 ancient 㚢 ancient 𠆸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侮
Bronze inscriptions b12382 Small seal script s05862 Transcribed ancient scripts L15036 L15040 L15041 L15042 L15043 L15037 L15038 L15039
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wu³
  - Yale: wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
  - Palladius: у (u)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mou⁵
  - Yale: móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú
  - Tâi-lô: bú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: buo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: mjuX

Rime
Character	侮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	文甫切
Baxter	mjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/mio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆^X/
Li Rong	/mio^X/
Wang Li	/mĭu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)oʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	侮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ mju^X ›
Old Chinese	/*m(r)oʔ/
English	insult (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

侮

to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
- 陛下慢而侮人，項羽仁而愛人。然陛下使人攻城略地，所降下者因以予之，與天下同利也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  陛下慢而侮人，项羽仁而爱人。然陛下使人攻城略地，所降下者因以予之，与天下同利也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Bìxià màn ér wǔ rén, Xiàng Yǔ rén ér ài rén. Rán bìxià shǐ rén gōng chéng lüè dì, suǒ jiàngxià zhě yīn yǐ yǔ zhī, yǔ tiānxià tóng lì yě.
  Your Majesty is arrogant and insults others; Xiang Yu was benevolent and loved others. But when Your Majesty sent people to attack fortresses and seize lands, Your Majesty granted them what they had conquered. Your Majesty shared your profits with the world.

Compounds

不侮暗室
人必自侮而後人侮之 / 人必自侮而后人侮之 (rén bì zìwǔ érhòu rén wǔ zhī)
侵侮
侮慢 (wǔmàn)
侮手
侮手侮腳 / 侮手侮脚
侮蔑 (wǔmiè)
侮辱
公然侮辱
共禦外侮 / 共御外侮
卑侮
外侮 (wàiwǔ)
折衝禦侮 / 折冲御侮
欺侮 (qīwǔ)
狎侮
禦侮 / 御侮 (yùwǔ)
自侮
輕侮 / 轻侮 (qīngwǔ)

References

“侮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	侮
Kyūjitai ^[1]	侮 `侮` or 侮+`︀`^?
	侮󠄁 侮+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	侮󠄃 侮+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 侮

侮

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 侮)

contempt, disdain, scorn

Readings

Go-on: む (mu)
Kan-on: ぶ (bu, Jōyō)
Kun: あなどる (anadoru, 侮る, Jōyō)、あなどり (anadori, 侮り)、あなずる (anazuru, 侮る)^{←あなづる (anaduru, 侮る, historical)}、あなずり (anazuri, 侮り)^{←あなづり (anaduri, 侮り, historical)}

References

^ “侮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

侮 (eumhun 업신여길 모 (eopsinyeogil mo))

hanja form^? of 모 (“insult, ridicule, disgrace”)

Vietnamese

Han character

侮: Hán Nôm readings: vũ, vụ, vẫu, vỗi, vậu

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References

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