卑 – lowly, base, vile

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The kanji 卑 means lowly, base, vile, vulgar, despise. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒ (hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いや.しい、いや.しむ、いや.しめる (iyashii, iyashimu, iyashimeru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 十 (no. 24).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 十 (Kangxi radical 24). Components: 十・田.

Words using 卑

卑怯ひきょうcowardly卑しいいやしいlowborn

Example sentences

そんなふうに言うなんて卑怯だ。

It's mean of you to talk that way.

Tatoeba #204204

卑しいことは絶対にしない。

He is above all meanness.

Tatoeba #121162

Kanji with the same radical

十協午千半南単卒博卓

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