What 侮 means
It means to slight, scorn, or bully someone.
The early script record names no single inventor; character references show oracle-bone, bronze, and seal-script forms. Its job was practical: writing social disrespect. In classical sources, it covers both treating someone lightly and bullying a weaker person.
Standard 侮 pairs the person radical 亻 with 每, which hints at the sound; Shuowen records 㑄, an old form with 母. In Mandarin it reads wǔ, while in Japanese 侮る reads anadoru: looking down on someone.
Serious and negative: it names contempt, insult, or bullying.
Is 侮 an insult? Yes — treat it as contempt, not a joke.
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Who writes 侮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 侮 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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- insult · scorn · bully · contempt · humiliate · wǔ · 侮辱 · 欺侮
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