卑
卑 — Lowly
lowly, base, vile, vulgar, despise
On’yomiヒ (hi)
Kun’yomiいやしい (iyashii)
Kun’yomiいやしむ (iyashimu)
Kun’yomiいやしめる (iyashimeru)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 卑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卑しい | いやしい iyashii | lowborn; humble; lowly |
| 卑怯 | ひきょう hikyou | cowardly; craven; unfair |
| 卑劣 | ひれつ hiretsu | mean; contemptible; despicable |
| 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 |
| 卑屈 | ひくつ hikutsu | servile; subservient; obsequious |
Study notes
卑 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2003 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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