What does kanji 賎 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 賎 is despise.

How is kanji 賎 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 賎 are いや.しい, いや.しむ, いや.しめる, しず, やす.い; the onyomi readings are セン, ゼン.

What words use kanji 賎?

Example words that use kanji 賎 include 賎業, 賎業婦, 賎民, 下賎.

Pre-Level 1

賎

Meaning

Kanji 賎

despise

despise, low-life, poverty

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: いや.しいいや.しむいや.しめるしずやす.い
Onyomi 音読み: センゼン
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 賤 (Formal) , 贱 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 13
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 践 • 銭 • 残 • 桟 • 䇳 • 浅 • 𥒎

Related vocabulary

Showing 9 common entries

Showing 9 of 9 entries that include this kanji.

賎業

せんぎょう

low or mean occupation

賎業婦

せんぎょうふ

wanita penghibur

賎民

せんみん

lowly people (esp. as a caste)

下賎

げせん

low birth

貴賎

きせん

high and low (social standing)

卑賎

ひせん

low class

微賎

びせん

low rank

貧賎

ひんせん

poor and lowly

不可触賎民

ふかしょくせんみん

untouchable (of India's caste system)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は身分の賎しい人々を見下した。

He looked down on people of low status.

人を外見で賎しんではいけない。

You must not despise people for their appearance.

賎しい言葉づかいは嫌われる。

Crude and vulgar speech is usually disliked.

彼は自分の賎しい心を恥じた。

He was ashamed of his base heart.

賎しさゆえに人をだましてはならない。

Do not deceive others out of baseness.