Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #1434

yield, bend, flinch, submit

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

corpse shikabane

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

theory; reason
disgrace; humiliation
leading; foremost
worry; care
narrow; tight
yielding; submission
persistence; fortitude
bending; curving
servile; subservient
tedious; boring

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to yield; to give in

Example sentences

His explanation doesn't make sense at all.

It is contrary to reason.

He suffered an insult.

Your remark amounts almost to insult.