Costing little 戔 money 貝; 戔 also provides the pronunciation
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寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true財 riches (trad/jp)貢 tribute (trad/jp)貧 impoverished (trad/jp)貨 commodities (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
賤
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
賤
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
賤
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
賤
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
賤
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
賤
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
賤
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
賤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
贱 / 賤 [jiàn]
inexpensive; lowly
Japanese
- lowly person; lowliness
- I (used by male entertainers)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (24)
贱人 [jiànrén] #2,428
slut
贱货 [jiànhuò] #6,274
bitch
下贱 [xiàjiàn] #13,194
humble
卑贱 [bēijiàn] #21,739
lowly
贵贱 [guìjiàn] #45,813
noble and lowly
贱卖 [jiànmài] #33,559
to sell cheaply
贱民 [jiànmín] #24,988
social stratum below the level of ordinary people
贫贱 [pínjiàn] #53,195
poor and lowly
贱骨头 [jiàngǔtou] #45,389
miserable wretch
贱内 [jiànnèi] #49,693
my wife (humble)
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JAPANESE WORDS (24)
⭐ 卑しい [いやしい] #13,606
lowborn
下賎 [げせん] #27,367
low birth
貴賤 [きせん] #44,554
high and low (social standing)
卑賎 [ひせん] #66,457
low class
賤民 [せんみん] #75,975
lowly people (esp. as a caste)
卑しむ [いやしむ] #84,346
to despise
卑しめる [いやしめる] #85,161
to demean
卑しむべき [いやしむべき] #117,887
despicable
微賤 [びせん] #118,071
low rank
貧賎 [ひんせん] #150,840
poor and lowly
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KOREAN WORDS (3)