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憚 Kanji meaning "hesitate, shrink, awe"

Jiten frequency #2324Kanken Level 1TMW Major Idol15 strokes

Meanings

hesitate, shrink, awe

On'yomi

タンタ

Kun'yomi

はばか.る

Composed of

忄heartradical
單one

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

憚(はばか)るto hesitate#14667憚(はばか)りhesitation#89419憚(はばか)りながらwith all due respect ...#114642憎(にく)まれっ子(こ)世(よ)に憚(はばか)るill weeds grow apace#182349憚(はばか)り様(さま)thank you for your trouble#267550憚(はばか)り乍(なが)らwith all due respect ...#468561過(あやま)ちては則(すなわ)ち改(あらた)むるに憚(はばか)ること勿(なか)れwhen you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it#468561

Most common words using this kanji

憚(はばか)るto hesitate#14667忌(き)憚(たん)reserve#45894忌(き)憚(たん)のないunrestrained#55007憚(はばか)りhesitation#89419憚(はばか)りながらwith all due respect ...#114642忌(き)憚(たん)の無(な)いunrestrained#178422憎(にく)まれっ子(こ)世(よ)に憚(はばか)るill weeds grow apace#182349憚(はばか)り様(さま)thank you for your trouble#267550憚(はばか)り乍(なが)らwith all due respect ...#468561過(あやま)ちては則(すなわ)ち改(あらた)むるに憚(はばか)ること勿(なか)れwhen you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it#468561
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