侮

wǔ

verb #56,752

Meanings

没有人该因为出身受到侮辱。

Méiyǒu rén gāi yīnwèi chūshēn shòudào wǔrǔ.

No one should be insulted because of their background.

能自卫的国家不会受外侮。

Néng zìwèi de guójiā búhuì shòu wàiwǔ.

A nation that defends itself will not be bullied.

usage

Common in 侮辱 (wǔrǔ, to insult, humiliate) and 欺侮 (qīwǔ, to bully). 外侮 (wàiwǔ) specifically means aggression or humiliation from a foreign power.

radical

亻 dānrénpáng

person

The side-person radical 亻 marks this as something done by people to people: contempt, mockery, bullying.

phonetic

每 měi

every (phonetic)

每 (měi) serves as the sound element, with the reading shifted to wǔ. It contributes no meaning here, only the approximate pronunciation.

侮 wǔ