Kanji

What does the kanji 嫌 mean?

嫌 means dislike, hatred; suspicion, doubt. On'yomi ケン、ゲン. Kun'yomi きら.う、きら.い、いや.

Quick facts
On'yomiケン、ゲン
Kun'yomiきら.う、きら.い、いや
Strokes13
Main radical女
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
On'yomi ケン、ゲンKun'yomi きら.う、きら.い、いや
N1 · estimated, JLPT framework13 strokes

dislike, hatred; suspicion, doubt

Memory hook

A woman (女) made to do too many jobs at once (兼) and growing to hate it — DISLIKE, SUSPICION.

Main radical

女woman 3 strokes

Stroke order · 13 strokes

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Common words

  • 嫌いやunpleasant, disliked; distasteful
  • 嫌いきらいdisliked, hated
  • 嫌うきらうto dislike, hate
  • 機嫌きげんmood, humor
  • 好き嫌いすききらいlikes and dislikes; being picky

More words with this kanji

  • 嫌がるいやがるto dislike, to be reluctant
  • 嫌々いやいやreluctantly, unwillingly

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Data sources and licences

English meanings, On/Kun readings, stroke counts: KANJIDIC2 — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Components: KRADFILE (EDRDG). Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Mnemonics written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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