嫌う
きらう · kirau · JLPT N3 · verb-godan
to dislike
kirau sounds like clear out: what you tell anything you dislike
The kanji 嫌 is 女 (woman) plus 兼 (to hold two at once). Think of it as a divided, uneasy feeling. Common forms are 嫌い (kirai, disliked) and 大嫌い (daikirai, really hate).
嫌 — woman radical 女 + 兼 (combine, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 女 (woman) suggests the meaning, while 兼 supplies the sound. The original sense related to suspicion or dislike, possibly tied to social judgments. Over time it broadened to mean 'to dislike,' 'to suspect,' or 'to find objectionable.'