Memory phrase for the character: 嫌

嫌

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Meaning

dislike, hate, detest, aversion

Pronunciation

KEN, GEN
kirau/i, iya

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

女 womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja.
兼 concurrently, combineA hand holding two rice plants 禾 concurrently.
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, 扌, 手,ヨ,又. The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.




 Vocabulary

嫌 いや  disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant, reluctant
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
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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