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嫌

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 701 / 2,608

Dislike

On’yomi
けん、げん
Kun’yomi
いや、きら
Radical
女 Woman (Kangxi 38)

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

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

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 unpleasantN5
嫌い きらい hateN5
嫌う きらう to hate,to dislike,to loatheN3

嫌 is rank 701 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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