侮

侮

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

侮 U+FA30, 侮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA30 ← 隷 [U+FA2F] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 僧 → [U+FA31]

侮 U+2F805, 侮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F805 ← 你 [U+2F804] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 侻 → [U+2F806]

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: 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

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Chinese

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

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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔ (wu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): bú

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• 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵
    • Yale: móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (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/

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• Middle Chinese: /mɨo^X/

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
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)oʔ/

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. *[t] 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

不侮暗室 侮慢 (wǔmàn) 侮手 侮蔑 (wǔmiè) 侮辱 (wǔrǔ) 侵侮

公然侮辱 卑侮 外侮 (wàiwǔ) 欺侮 (qīwǔ) 狎侮 自侮

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) 侮手侮腳／侮手侮脚 共禦外侮／共御外侮 折衝禦侮／折冲御侮 禦侮／御侮 (yùwǔ) 輕侮／轻侮

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Japanese

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

侮

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

1. 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, historical)}; あなずり (anazuri, 侮り)^{←あなづり (anaduri, historical)}

References

1. “侮”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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Korean

Hanja

侮 (eumhun 업신여길 모 (eopsinyeogil mo))

1. Hanja form^? of 모 (“insult, ridicule, disgrace”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

• Nom Foundation