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卑

lowly
Stroke count: 9

Readings

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Kun readingいや.しい、いや.しむ、いや.しめる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. lowlyRtK
    彼は卑しい振舞いをした。He behaved in a cheap manner.tatoeba
    彼は卑怯者だと非難された。He was denounced as a coward.tatoeba
  2. base
  3. vile
  4. vulgar
  5. despise
  1. lowborn
  2. humble
  3. coarse

Popular Usage

卑しい

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Wayne Slob · drop (丶) · rice field (田) · brains · cornucopia · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1629

Compound words

卑怯ひきょう
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
卑屈ひくつ
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing
卑しいいやしい
lowborn; humble; lowly; vulgar; coarse
卑劣ひれつ
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul
男尊女卑だんそんじょひ
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
下卑げび
vulgarity
尊卑そんぴ
high and low
卑下ひげ
self-abasement
卑諺ひげん
vulgar proverb
卑賎ひせん
low class
卑屬ひぞく
lineal descendants
卑猥ひわい
indecent
卑賤ひせん
low class
卑陋ひろう
low rank
下卑るげびる
to become vulgar
卑しむいやしむ
to despise
卑怯者ひきょうもの
coward
卑劣漢ひれつかん
mean bastard
卑しめるいやしめる
to demean
卑しん坊いやしんぼう
gluttonous
卑怯千万ひきょうせんばん
very mean (sneaky)
卑怯な手を使うひきょうなてをつかう
to play a dirty trick

Additional Examples

彼は卑しい振舞いをした。
He behaved in a cheap manner.tatoeba
彼は人の悪口を言うような卑劣な男ではない。
He is not such a mean fellow as will speak against other people.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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