蔑

Derived characters

 * 㒝 𡃙 幭 瀎 懱 㩢 𣋻 櫗 䁾 礣 襪 䌩 蠛 衊 鑖 䩏 韈 韤 䯦 𩴾 鱴 𪇴 𩆪 𤻻

Glyph origin
– a weapon striking a person's lower leg.

(“person”) was composed of an eye with eyebrows (now written ) on top of. The eye and eyebrows are written ⿱艹罒 in the modern form of 蔑, and has combined with  to form.

Definitions

 * 1) to belittle; to disdain; to despise
 * 2) to extinguish; to obliterate
 * 3) to discard
 * 4) slight; small; lowly
 * 5) nothing; none
 * 6)  red and swollen, making one unable to see clearly

Kanji

 * 1) nothing
 * 2) to ignore
 * 3) to belittle, to despise

Etymology
From.