# 疎 shun

マ (Mama) + 止 (stop) + 束 (bundle of sticks)
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12 strokes

## Onyomi

SO | Everyone shuns Some One.

## Mnemonic

| I wish your mama would stop shunning bundles of sticks. She's a homophobe.

## Kunyomi

( に ) うと*い | emotionally distant from, or: to not know a lot about ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

疎外感(そがいかん) | alienation (usually it means alienation from society or the world at large - more of a withdrawl or angsty thing) ☆☆☆☆☆ 疎 (shun) + 外 (outside) + 感 (feeling) = 疎外感 (alienation (usually it means alienation from society or the world at large - more of a withdrawl or angsty thing))
疎遠(そえん) になる | become estranged from ☆☆☆☆☆ 疎 (shun) + 遠 (far) = 疎遠 (become estranged from) to become estranged from, alienated from (usually used about a specific person or people: ex-husband, family, group of friends, etc.)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
頼 | ask a favor | HEAD | 頭
額 | amount of money / forehead | EACH | 各
疎 | shun | STOP | 止

You ask a favor: that I give HEAD.

EACH of you asks for an amount of money.

So I shun you, I STOP talking to you.

## Synonyms

solitude, alienation 疎外感 孤独 疎遠