賤 [贱] jiàn
adjective
: inexpensive; lowly; cheap
: worthless
: be humble
: be unresponsive
Kun Reading
賤 | しず shizu
noun
: (Archaism) lowly person; lowliness
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) I (used by male entertainers)
賤しい OR 卑しい | いやしい iyashii
adjective
: lowborn; humble; lowly
: vulgar; coarse; crude; mean; base; vile
: shabby
: greedy; gluttonous; avaricious
賤しむ | いやしむ iyashimu
adjective
: to despise; to disdain; to scorn
On Reading
賤 | せん sen
noun
: (Archaism) lowly person; lowliness
ゼン zen
賤[贱]人 jian4ren2: slut; cheap person
賤內 [贱内] jian4nei4: my wife (humble)
賤[贱]格 jian4’ge2: despicable
賤[贱]民 jian4min2: social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste)
[賤民 | せんみん senmin: humble or lowly people]
賤稱 [贱称] jian4cheng1: contemptuous term
下賤[贱] xia4jian4: humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible
[下賤 | げせん gesen: humble birth]
卑賤[贱] bei1jian4: lowly; mean and low
[卑賤 | ひせん hisen: low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)]
微賤[贱] wei1jian4: humble; lowly
[微賤 | びせん bisen: low rank; humble station; obscurity]
淫賤[贱] yin2jian4: morally loose, lewd and low, lascivious and mean; wanton
潑賤 [泼贱] po1jian4: base; worthless
貧賤 [贫贱] pin2jian4: poor and lowly
[貧賤 | ひんせん hinsen: poor and lowly]
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
*貧富貴賤 | ひんぷきせん hinpu kisen
: (yoji) rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks
貴賤上下 | きせんじょうげ kisen jouge OR きせんしょうか kisen shouka
: (yoji) high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes
貴賤貧富 | きせんひんぷ kisen hinpu
: (yoji) high and low, and rich and poor
賤しむべき | いやしむべき iyashimubeki
: despicable
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
*親疏貴賤 [亲疏贵贱] qin1 shu1 gui4 jian4
: close and distant, rich and poor; everyone; all possible relations
貴古賤今 [贵古贱今] gui4 gu3 jian4 jin1
: to revere the past and despise the present
貴遠賤近 [贵远贱近] gui4 yuan3 jian4 jin4
: to revere the past and despise the present
貧賤不能移 [贫贱不能移] pin2 jian4 bu4 neng2 yi2
: not shaken by poverty; to preserve one’s ambitions although destitute
形声 Pictophonetic.
貝 (bei4: shell radical 154) suggests the meaning while
戔 (jian1: small; narrow; halberd radical 62) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified.
贱. Derived from generic character simplification rule #4 (貝 » 贝) via usage of grass script form of character. Derived from generic character simplification rule #46 (戔 » 戋).
Examples:
許多偉人曾經是貧苦，不足輕重的小孩。好漢不怕出生賤。
xue3duo1 wei3ren2 ceng2jing1 shi4 pin2 ku3, bu4zu2 qing1zhong4 de xiao3hai2.
hao3han2 bu4pa4 chu1sheng1 jian4.
Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. A hero isn’t afraid of a lowly birth. Great oaks form little acorn grow.
