蔑

Despise

Also: Ignore, Neglect, Ridicule, Contempt

On'yomi

  • べつ betsu

Kun'yomi

  • ないがしろ naigashiro
  • なみ nami
  • くらい kurai
  • さげす sagesu
Stroke count
14
Radical
艸 grass · Kangxi radical 140
JLPT level
Not on the old JLPT lists
School grade
Secondary school

蔑 has 14 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 艸 (grass), number 140. It is on none of the old JLPT kanji lists. Japanese students learn it in junior high and high school.

Secondary school kanji list (jōyō kanji after grade 6) · All kanji