蔑 Scorn

Radical Combination

• 艹

  Flowers
• 罒

  Net
• 戌

  Canine

Meaning

Primary

Scorn

Alternative

Neglect

Mnemonic

By putting flowers in a net, you manage to catch a canine! But this just makes everyone scorn you.

Hints

Your scorn is well deserved — an upstanding member of society doesn't go around snatching up innocent flower-loving canines with a net. Go to the pet store and buy one like a normal person.

Readings

On’yomi

べつ

Kun’yomi

さげす

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You notice everyone's scorn and respond by saying: "I bets (べつ) you I can catch me another one. I bets you I can."

Hints

Mistakenly assuming everyone is scorning you for not having caught enough canines, you go out to snatch up some more. Uh oh — I bets everyone is really gonna scorn you now!