Chinese Character Wiki

侮

wǔ

insult

Evolution

侮 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
侮 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
侮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
侮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

侮  

wǔ

insult, ridicule, disgrace; to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace

Most common words with 侮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

侮辱

to insult

欺侮

to bully

侮

to insult

侮蔑

contempt

轻侮

to slight

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m(r)oʔ

mjuX

wǔ

insult (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.0021% of movies

2116th most common character in movies

2621st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+4FAE

Shuowen

“侮，傷也。从人，每聲。，古文从母。”


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