嫌 — kanji meaning “dislike”
嫌
dislike, detest, hate
- Meanings
- dislike, detest, hate
- On'yomi
- ケン (ken)、ゲン (gen)
- Kun'yomi
- きら.う、きら.い、いや
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1207 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- xián — Chinese character page
Words with 嫌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嫌い | きらい kirai | disliking; hating; detesting |
| 機嫌 | きげん kigen | humour; humor; temper |
| 嫌う | きらう kirau | to hate; to dislike; to loathe |
| 大嫌い | だいきらい daikirai | hating; strongly disliking |
| 嫌悪 | けんお ken'o | disgust; hate; repugnance |
| 好き嫌い | すききらい sukikirai | likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences |
| 嫌がらせ | いやがらせ iyagarase | harassment; pestering |
| 嫌がる | いやがる iyagaru | to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike |
| 嫌気 | いやき iyaki | dislike; disgust; disinclination |
| 嫌い | ぎらい girai | dislike; hatred; fear |
| 嫌疑 | けんぎ kengi | suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing) |
| 上機嫌 | じょうきげん joukigen | good humour (humor); good mood |
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