鈍

Glyph origin
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Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) dull; blunt; not sharp
 * 2) dull-witted; dim-witted; slow-witted; stupid
 * 3)  to satirise; to mock; to disparage
 * 1)  to satirise; to mock; to disparage
 * 1)  to satirise; to mock; to disparage

Kanji

 * 1) dull, blunt
 * 2) dull, stupid, slow, slow-witted

Compounds

 * 鈍角
 * 鈍感
 * 鈍麻
 * 鈍磨
 * 愚鈍
 * 遅鈍

Etymology 1
The of classical verb. In modern Japanese, reanalyzed as a shortening of compound term.

First cited to the late 900s.

Noun

 * : dark gray

Etymology 2
The first portion nama is from. This usually has a sense of but also has overtones of  and thus some semantic overlap with, and is cognate with,.

The second portion kura is of uncertain derivation.

The term is first cited to 1711.

Adjective

 * 1)  dull of edge, unable to cut well
 * 2)  dull of mind, lazy, insipid

Noun

 * 1) a blunt blade
 * 2) a lazy person, a dullard

Etymology 3
Shift in usage, repurposing the stem of  as a.

First cited to a work from 1891.

Adjective

 * 1)  mentally slow, dull-witted, stupid
 * 2)  physically slow, slow of action

Noun

 * 1) dullard, dimwit