Moto 卑: Lowly; Base; VileKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ヒ
- Kun'yomi
- いや(しい)、いや(しむ)、いや(しめる)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 50 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ヒ)
- 卑下ひげself-abasement; humility
- 卑劣ひれつmean; contemptible
- 卑屈ひくつmenial; meanness
- 卑怯ひきょうcowardly; craven
- 男尊女卑だんそんじょひmale domination of women; male chauvinism
- 下卑げびvulgarity; coarseness
- 下卑るげびるto become vulgar; to coarsen
- 卑わいひわいindecent; obscene
- 卑下も自慢のうちひげもじまんのうちtaking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted
- 卑下も自慢の中ひげもじまんのうちtaking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted
- 卑下も自慢の内ひげもじまんのうちtaking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted
- 卑下自慢ひげじまんboasting of one's humility
- 卑俗ひぞくvulgar; coarse
- 卑劣漢ひれつかんmean bastard; sneak
- 卑小ひしょうpetty; trifling
- 卑属ひぞくlineal descendants
- 卑屬ひぞくlineal descendants
- 卑怯な手を使うひきょうなてをつかうto play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods
- 卑怯千万ひきょうせんばんvery mean (sneaky); extremely unsportsmanlike
- 卑怯者ひきょうものcoward; dastard
- 卑懐ひかいone's own thought; one's own idea
- 卑湿ひしつlow and damp (land)
- 卑猥ひわいindecent; obscene
- 卑称ひしょうthis wretch (oneself); you wretch
- 卑罵語ひばごpejorative term; derogatory word
- 卑見ひけんmy humble opinion
- 卑言ひげんvulgar expression; vulgarism
- 卑語ひごvulgar expression; vulgarism
- 卑諺ひげんvulgar proverb; popular saying
- 卑賎ひせんlow class; lowly (position)
- 卑賤ひせんlow class; lowly (position)
- 卑近ひきんcommon; simple
- 卑金属ひきんぞくbase metal
- 卑陋ひろうlow rank; wickedness
- 直系卑属ちょっけいひぞくlineal descendant
- 貴卑きびhigh and low class
- 野卑やひvulgar; mean
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 卑しいいやしいlowborn; humble
- 卑しい生まれいやしいうまれlowborn; of humble birth
- 卑しからぬいやしからぬrespectable; decent
- 卑しみいやしみcontempt
- 卑しむいやしむto despise; to disdain
- 卑しむべきいやしむべきdespicable
- 卑しめるいやしめるto demean; to despise
- 卑しん坊いやしんぼうgreedy person
Other readings
- 卑人ひなびとcountryfolk; villager
- 女尊男卑じょそんだんぴplacing women above men
- 官尊民卑かんそんみんぴputting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed
- 尊卑そんぴhigh and low; aristocrat and plebeian
- 鮮卑せんぴXianbei (ancient nomadic tribe of northern Asia)
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