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贱

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inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,041 U+8D31

How 贱 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

Costing little 戋 money 贝; 戋 also provides the pronunciation

components: 贝 戋

How to remember it

cheap · Heisig RSH #375

float + clam

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 贱 as their sound component

These characters all use 贱 (jiàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
贱 sound component jiàn cheap, low, mean, worthless
溅 jiàn to sprinkle, to spray, to splash, to spill

Words containing 贱

WordPinyinMeaning
自轻自贱 zì qīng zì jiàn to belittle oneself; self-contempt
贱骨头 jiàn gǔ tou miserable wretch; contemptible individual
贫贱不能移 pín jiàn bù néng yí not shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
大贱卖 dà jiàn mài to sell at a big discount
贵远贱近 guì yuǎn jiàn jìn to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
威尊命贱 wēi zūn mìng jiàn (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's lif…
贱人 jiàn rén slut; cheap person
手贱 shǒu jiàn (coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
下贱 xià jiàn humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible
贵古贱今 guì gǔ jiàn jīn to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
贱民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste)
作贱 zuò jiàn variant of 作踐|作践[zuo4 jian4]
贱格 jiàn gé despicable
亲疏贵贱 qīn shū guì jiàn close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone; all possible relations
贱内 jiàn nèi my wife (humble)
嘴贱 zuǐ jiàn prone to saying sth inappropriate or offensive
贱货 jiàn huò bitch; slut
微贱 wēi jiàn humble; lowly
低贱 dī jiàn lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive
贱称 jiàn chēng contemptuous term