侮

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))

• 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
• Unihan data for U+FA30
• Unihan data for U+2F805

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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ).

侮

1. to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace

   • 陛下慢而侮人，項羽仁而愛人。然陛下使人攻城略地，所降下者因以予之，與天下同利也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     陛下慢而侮人，项羽仁而爱人。然陛下使人攻城略地，所降下者因以予之，与天下同利也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Bìxià màn ér wǔ rén, Xiàng Yǔ rén ér ài rén. Rán bìxià shǐ rén gōng chéng lüè dì, suǒ jiàngxià zhě yīn yǐ yǔ zhī, yǔ tiānxià tóng lì yě. [Pinyin]

     Your Majesty is arrogant and insults others; Xiang Yu was benevolent and loved others. But when Your Majesty sent people to attack fortresses and seize lands, Your Majesty granted them what they had conquered. Your Majesty shared your profits with the world.

• “侮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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

1. contempt, disdain, scorn

• 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)}

侮 (eumhun 업신여길 모 (eopsinyeogil mo))

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

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

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