# 嫌 — Dislike

Frequency rank 701 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 速 (Fast), less common than 弁 (Dialect).

- On’yomi: けん、げん
- Kun’yomi: いや、きら
- Radical: 女 Woman (Kangxi 38)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

A woman on the left turns away from a Mona Lisa on the right — the woman looks at the Mona Lisa and says "I dislike that smug smile."

In words:

- 嫌 いや — unpleasant
- 嫌い きらい — hate
- 嫌う きらう — to hate,to dislike,to loathe

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