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Kanji Detail for 嫌 - "to dislike, to hate"

嫌

  • Meaning

    嫌 means "to dislike, to hate." Also associated with to suspect.

    1. Dislike - To feel aversion toward.

    2. Hate - To detest; to loathe.

    3. Suspect - To doubt; to be suspicious of.

  • Words using 嫌

    • 嫌い きらい Listen disliked; hated; disagreeable
    • 嫌気 いやき Listen dislike; disgust; disinclination
    • 嫌う きらう Listen to hate; to dislike; to loathe
    • 上機嫌 じょうきげん Listen good humour (humor); good mood
    • 嫌疑 けんぎ Listen suspicion
    • 嫌悪 けんお Listen disgust; hate; repugnance
    • 好き嫌い すききらい Listen likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences
    • 不機嫌 ふきげん Listen pout; displeasure; ill humor

  • Four-character idioms with 嫌

    • 自己嫌悪 じこけんお Listen self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
    • 屠蘇機嫌 とそきげん Listen feeling a little drunk with the New Year's sake
    • 機嫌気褄 きげんきづま Listen humour; humor; temper
    • 畏怖嫌厭 いふけんえん Listen feelings of dread and aversion

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    • Verified meaning: to dislike, to hate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to suspect

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dislike; detest; hate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hate, detest; suspect; criticize

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to hate, to detest; to criticize; to suspect

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Doubt. Things that are similar and cause doubt are called 嫌疑. | Dissatisfaction is also called 嫌.

  • Onyomi

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    gen(ゲン) ゲン

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

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    iya(いや) いや

    kira.i(きら-い) きら-い

    kira.u(きら-う) きら-う

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    to dislike to hate to suspect loathe abhor animosity antipathy aversion despise detest disfavor disgust displeasure distaste doubt enmity hatred hostility loathing repugnance repulsion resent revulsion suspicious

Sentences including 嫌

  • Why does he look grumpy?

  • I like none of them.

  • I dislike speaking in public.

  • John has been moody since this morning.

  • She hates speaking in public.

  • How are you?

  • She felt an aversion to him.

  • I don't like traveling by air.

  • I don't like to eat fish with many bones.

  • She is rather cross now.

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