ぼう
にく
 
 
りゃ
 
 
にく
 

expression

Proverb.
  1. if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for, hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ぼう
にく
 
 
りゃ
 
 
にく
 
坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

boy, priest's residence, priest
ボウ ボッ (7th)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
lord, chief, master
シュ あるじ ぬし (3rd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
hate, detest
にく.む ゾウ (8th, N2)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
formerly, once, before
ソ ソウ かつ (11th)
to divide
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
a coarse camlet
ケ カ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
add, addition, increase
カ くわ.える (4th, N3)
power, strength, strong
リョク ちから リキ (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
Buddhist surplice
サ シャ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
sand
サ シャ すな (11th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
few, little
すこ.し ショウ すく.ない (2nd, N4)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant