鄙

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despicable

HSK 7

Abstract →Qualities

bǐ

ヒ

ひな、ひな.びる、いや.しい

비

Phonosemantic compound. 啚 represents the sound and ⻏ represents the meaning. Originally written as 啚.

Components

啚 remote place+ ⻏ city (right) =

鄙 despicable

啚 Meaning component

bǐ remote place

low, mean

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⻏ Meaning component

yì city (right)

area

Notes

Similar Characters

圖 picture (trad)那 that 邦 nation 邪 wicked 邮 postal (simp)郁 Yu-2 (simp)郎 gentleman (jp)郑 state in today's Henan (simp)部 section 郵 post (trad/jp)都 metropolis 鄭 Zheng (trad)

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

鄙

Regular

Modern

Chinese

鄙 [bǐ]

rustic; low; base; mean; to despise; to scorn

Japanese

鄙ひな同音

noun countryside; rural areas

鄙人、卑人、鄙ひなびと、ひじん、とひとま、とひと同音

noun

archaic countryfolk; villager; provincial
derogatoryarchaic greedy person; underclass; low-standing person

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

鄙ひな

Hina female given name

CHINESE WORDS (36)

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JAPANESE WORDS (20)

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