Kanji 賤 Words: Meanings and Readings

賤しい

いやしい

shabby

下賎

げせん

low birth

貴賎

きせん

high and low (social standing)

貴賤結婚

きせんけっこん

morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)

貴賤上下

きせんしょうか

high and low

貴賤貧富

きせんひんぷ

high and low, and rich and poor

五色の賤

ごしきのせん

five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system

五賤

ごせん

five lowly castes of the ritsuryō system

賎業婦

せんぎょうふ

wanita penghibur

賎民

せんみん

lowly people (esp. as a caste)

卑しむ

いやしむ

to despise

卑しむべき

いやしむべき

despicable

卑しめる

いやしめる

to demean

卑賎

ひせん

low class

微賎

びせん

low rank

貧賎

ひんせん

poor and lowly

貧富貴賤

ひんぷきせん

rich and poor, high and low

不可触賎民

ふかしょくせんみん

untouchable (of India's caste system)

賤

しず

I

賤の女

しずのめ

woman of lowly birth

賤女

せんじょ

lowly woman

賤称

せんしょう

depreciatory name

賤鳥

しずとり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

賤吏

せんり

low-ranking official