EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to speak ill of; to disparage

    Usually written using kana alone

    君は、いつも私の服をけなすのだから。
    You are always digging at me about my clothes.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

degrade, disparage, belittle, demote

Kun
けな.すおとし.めるおと.す
On
ヘン
Strokes
11
Radical
shell

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Dictionary and index codes (11)
CodeReference
1-7-4SKIP code
7b3.2The Kanji Dictionary
6283.7Four corner code
3970deroo
8cb6Unicode hex code
1-76-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4489Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5771New Nelson (John Haig)
36707Morohashi
bian3Pinyin reading
pyeomKorean reading