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Kanji Detail for 愚 - "foolish, fool, to despise"
愚
- Meaning
愚 means "foolish, fool, to despise."
Foolish - Slow-witted; dim.
Fool - A foolish person; a worthless person.
To despise - To look down on; to scorn.
Humble - A humble way to refer to oneself.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
foolish; folly; absurdity; stupid
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
stupid, doltish, foolish
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
stupid, foolish
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Ignorant. Such as 下愚. | To deceive. Such as 愚弄. | A humble term. Such as 愚按, 愚見. And modern self-references like 愚弟, 愚姪. Also, elders addressing juniors may also say 愚. Frequently used in letters today.
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Sentences including 愚
She knows better than to answer back to him.
He is a fool , and no mistake.
Do you take me for a fool?
He is nothing but a fool.
I was stupid to make a mistake like that.
He could not account for his foolish mistake.
She is far from a fool.
He is no more a fool than you are.
You should not fool with poor people.
Do you take me for a fool?
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
その卒業が父の心にどのくらい響くかも考えずにいた私は全く愚かものであった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「いいたい事があるのに、いわないで死ぬのも残念だろうし、といって、こっちから催促するのも悪いかも知れず」話はとうとう愚図愚図になってしまった」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
自分はわざとこんな真似をして己れを偽っている愚物だという事に気が付くのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
自分はわざとこんな真似をして己れを偽っている愚物だという事に気が付くのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha