卑

卑 — lowly, base, vile

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 9
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #2003 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ひ hi
Kun'yomi: いや.しい iya.shii

いや.しむ iya.shimu

いや.しめる iya.shimeru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 卑

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