侮

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侮 U+4FAE, 侮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FAE
← 侭
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 侯 →

侮 U+FA30, 侮
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA30
← 隷
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 僧 →

侮 U+2F805, 侮
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F805
← 你
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 侻 →

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

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

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 		/mɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mioX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/muə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/mioX/
Wang
Li 		/mĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 侮
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjuX ›
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

  1. to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 侮
Kyūjitai
侮
&#xFA30;
or
侮+&#xFE00;?
侮󠄁
侮+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
侮󠄃
侮+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

侮

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 侮)

  1. contempt, disdain, scorn

Readings

References

  1. ^ “侮”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

侮 (eumhun 업신여길 모 (eopsinyeogil mo))

  1. 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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