賤 — kanji meaning “despise”
賤
despise, low-life, poverty
- Meanings
- despise, low-life, poverty
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)、ゼン (zen)
- Kun'yomi
- いや.しい、いや.しむ、しず、やす.い
- Strokes
- 15
- Classical radical
- 154
- Chinese reading
- jiàn — Chinese character page
Words with 賤
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 賤民 | せんみん senmin | lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people |
| 卑賤 | ひせん hisen | low class; lowly (position); humble (condition) |
| 貴賤 | きせん kisen | high and low (social standing) |
| 微賤 | びせん bisen | low rank; humble station; obscurity |
| 賤の女 | しずのめ shizunome | woman of lowly birth |
| 賤称 | せんしょう senshou | depreciatory name |
| 貴賤上下 | きせんしょうか kisenshouka | high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes |
| 貴賤貧富 | きせんひんぷ kisenhinpu | high and low, and rich and poor |
| 貧富貴賤 | ひんぷきせん hinpukisen | rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks |
| 賤鳥 | しずとり shizutori | lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) |
| 五色の賤 | ごしきのせん goshikinosen | five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system |
| 五賤 | ごせん gosen | five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system |
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