卑 — kanji meaning “lowly”
卑
lowly, base, vile, vulgar, despise
- Meanings
- lowly, base, vile, vulgar, despise
- On'yomi
- ヒ (hi)
- Kun'yomi
- いや.しい、いや.しむ、いや.しめる
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2003 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 24
- Chinese reading
- bēi — Chinese character page
Words with 卑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑劣 | ひれつ hiretsu | mean; contemptible; despicable |
| 卑怯 | ひきょう hikyou | cowardly; craven |
| 卑屈 | ひくつ hikutsu | servile; subservient; obsequious |
| 男尊女卑 | だんそんじょひ dansonjohi | male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women |
| 卑下 | ひげ hige | self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility |
| 卑しい | いやしい iyashii | lowborn; humble; lowly |
| 卑猥 | ひわい hiwai | indecent; obscene |
| 下卑 | げび gebi | vulgarity; coarseness; crudeness |
| 女尊男卑 | じょそんだんぴ josondanpi | placing women above men |
| 卑俗 | ひぞく hizoku | vulgar; coarse; low |
| 卑小 | ひしょう hishou | petty; trifling |
| 卑属 | ひぞく hizoku | lineal descendants |
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