Memory phrase for the Kanji: 嫌


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Meaning dislike, hate, detest, aversion

Pronunciation

KEN, GEN
kirau/i, iya

Explanation

Left: woman , right: combine, concurrently (A hand ナ/ヨ holds two rice plants : combined or concurrently)

Mnemonic


 
(She wants a monogamous partnership:) If women do it in combination, she dislikes it.

Radicals

womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = く , which also stands for a female ninja.
concurrently, combineA hand holding two rice plants concurrently.
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, , ,ヨ,. The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.
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 Vocabulary

忌み嫌う いみきらう  to detest, to abhor, to loathe
好き嫌い すききらい  likes and dislikes, taste
いや  disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant, reluctant
嫌い きらい  dislike, hate
嫌う きらう  to hate, to dislike, to loathe
嫌がる いやがる  to hate, to dislike
機嫌 きげん  humour, temper, mood

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