侮

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 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		侮
alternative forms		㑄 (ancient form)

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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, 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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁵
    • Yale: móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (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: mjuX

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

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 侮

1. to insult, ridicule, disgrace

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Japanese

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

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Korean

Hanja

侮 (eum 모 (mo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

侮: Hán Nôm readings: vũ, vụ

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References

• Nom Foundation