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Kanji Detail for 愚 - "foolish, humble, modest"

愚

  • Meaning

    愚 means "foolish, humble, modest."

    1. Foolish - Slow-witted; dim.

    2. Fool - A foolish person; a worthless person.

    3. To despise - To look down on; to scorn.

    4. 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.
  • Onyomitip

    gu(ぐ) ぐ

  • Kunyomitip

    oro.ka(おろか) おろか

  • Strokestip

    13 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords
    foolish stupid silly fool complaint dull foolish question folly humble modest despise scorn unwise ignorant

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

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