Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verb

    to avoid; to refrain from; to shun

  2. to detest

Also written 斎む【いむ】諱む【いむ】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary

Kun
い.むい.みい.まわしい
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1882 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 59

Built from

Used in names as

いまわ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
4k3.4The Kanji Dictionary
1733.1Four corner code
3558deroo
5fccUnicode hex code
1-20-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1463Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1786New Nelson (John Haig)
2207New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2735Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1401Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
599Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
644Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1819A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
462Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1522Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10310Morohashi
1122A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1797Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1935Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1287Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1121Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1697Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
769Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
606Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji4Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
59WaniKani level