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JLPT N5 · Na-adjectives

嫌い

きらい

disliked

Stroke order of 嫌い

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

嫌 · 13 strokesい · 2 strokes

Memory trick

A woman (女) beside a rejecting (兼) shape: someone pushing away what she dislikes.

Parts: 嫌 dislike (女 woman + 兼) + い

The characters in 嫌い

  • 嫌 いや — unpleasant; disliked (13 strokes)
  • い い — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

野菜は嫌いです。

やさいはきらいです。

I dislike vegetables.

Words with 嫌

大嫌いhated嫌unpleasant; disliked機嫌mood; temper不機嫌bad mood

More words: Na-adjectives

好きliked; favorite大好きloved; very fond of大嫌いhated静かquiet賑やかlively大丈夫all right; OK大変tough; very暇free (time)色々various丈夫sturdy; strong立派splendid無理impossible変strange

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