# 侮

| 侮 | U+4FAE, &#20398; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FAE |
| ← 侭 [U+4FAD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 侯 → [U+4FAF] |
| 侮 | U+FA30, &#64048; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA30 |
| ← 隷 [U+FA2F] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 僧 → [U+FA31] |
| 侮 | U+2F805, &#194565; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F805 |
| ← 你 [U+2F804] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 侻 → [U+2F806] |

## Translingual
### Han character

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 2825$_7$, composition ⿰亻每(GHTKV) or ⿰亻毎(J))

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 侮
* Bronze inscriptionsb12382Small seal scripts05862Transcribed ancient scriptsL15036L15040L15041L15042L15043L15037L15038L15039
* 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).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wǔ (wu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wǔ
*** Wade–Giles: wu$^3$
*** Yale: wǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuu
*** Palladius: у (u)
*** Sinological IPA : /u²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^5$
*** Yale: móuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú
*** Tâi-lô: bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: buo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bu⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: mjuX
Rime :
| Character | 侮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 文甫切 |
| Baxter | mjuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mio$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mio$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /mio$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mi̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mou$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m(r)oʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 侮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mju$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m(r)oʔ/ |
| English | insult (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||

### Definitions

侮
* to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
    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.

### Compounds

* 不侮暗室
* 人必自侮而後人侮之／人必自侮而后人侮之 (rén bì zìwǔ érhòu rén wǔ zhī)
* 侵侮
* 侮慢 (wǔmàn)
* 侮手
* 侮手侮腳／侮手侮脚
* 侮蔑 (wǔmiè)
* 侮辱
* 公然侮辱
* 共禦外侮／共御外侮
* 卑侮
* 外侮 (wàiwǔ)
* 折衝禦侮／折冲御侮
* 欺侮 (qīwǔ)
* 狎侮
* 禦侮／御侮 (yùwǔ)
* 自侮
* 輕侮／轻侮

### References

* “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–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 侮 |
| Kyūjitai | 侮 &#xFA30; or 侮+&#xFE00; |
| Kyūjitai | 侮󠄁 侮+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 侮󠄃 侮+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 侮)
* contempt, disdain, scorn

#### Readings

* 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)、あなずり (anazuri, 侮り)

### References

* ↑ “侮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## Korean
### Hanja

侮 (eumhun 업신여길 모 (eopsinyeogil mo))
* hanja form of 모 (“insult, ridicule, disgrace”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

侮: Hán Nôm readings: vũ, vụ, vẫu, vỗi, vậu
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation