疎 shun

マ (Mama) + 止 (stop) + 束 (bundle of sticks)
★☆☆☆☆
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