賤

See also: 贱 and 賎
賤 U+8CE4, 賤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CE4
← 賣
[U+8CE3]
CJK Unified Ideographs 賥 →
[U+8CE5]

Translingual

Traditional 賤
Shinjitai
(extended)
賎
Simplified 贱

Han character

賤 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月金戈戈 (BCII), four-corner 63853, composition ⿰貝戔)

Derived Characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1209, character 35
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36826
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1675, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3647, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8CE4

Chinese

trad. 賤
simp. 贱
alternative forms 賎

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *zlens) : semantic 貝 + phonetic 戔 (OC *zlaːn).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 賤
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 才線切
Baxter dzjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡zjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡zianH/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziɛnH/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zin6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 賤
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzjenH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[dz][a][n]-s/
English cheap; low, mean

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 賤
Reading # 1/1
No. 6008
Phonetic
component
戔
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
賤
Old
Chinese
/*zlens/

Definitions

賤

  1. cheap; inexpensive
  2. lowly; low-ranking; poor; plebeian
  3. bad; inferior; poor
  4. mean; base; despicable; obnoxious
  5. (colloquial, derogatory) mean, bitchy, annoying
  6. (colloquial, derogatory) self-deprecating especially when someone insists so much on something, puts so much effort to something but gets nothing they wish for, for example in a romantic relationship
  7. (humble) my
  8. (Min) naughty; restless
  9. to look down upon; to despise
  10. to hate; to detest
  11. a surname: Jian

Synonyms

  • (cheap):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “cheap”): 貴/贵 (guì)

Hypernyms

Compounds

  • 下賤/下贱 (xiàjiàn)
  • 人離鄉賤/人离乡贱 (rénlíxiāngjiàn)
  • 低賤/低贱 (dījiàn)
  • 卑賤/卑贱 (bēijiàn)
  • 厭賤/厌贱
  • 壓良為賤/压良为贱
  • 多賤寡貴/多贱寡贵
  • 孤賤/孤贱
  • 安貧樂賤/安贫乐贱
  • 寒賤/寒贱
  • 小賤/小贱
  • 屨賤踊貴/屦贱踊贵
  • 微賤/微贱 (wēijiàn)
  • 悴賤/悴贱
  • 樂貧甘賤/乐贫甘贱
  • 潑賤/泼贱
  • 潑賤人/泼贱人
  • 潑賤煙花/泼贱烟花
  • 犯賤/犯贱 (fànjiàn)
  • 猥賤/猥贱
  • 瑣賤/琐贱
  • 穀賤傷農/谷贱伤农
  • 粗賤/粗贱
  • 自輕自賤/自轻自贱 (zìqīngzìjiàn)
  • 良賤/良贱 (liángjiàn)
  • 薄賤/薄贱
  • 討賤/讨贱
  • 貧嘴賤舌/贫嘴贱舌
  • 貧賤/贫贱 (pínjiàn)
  • 貧賤之交/贫贱之交
  • 貧賤之知/贫贱之知
  • 貧賤交/贫贱交
  • 貧賤糟糠/贫贱糟糠
  • 貧賤驕人/贫贱骄人
  • 貴不凌賤/贵不凌贱
  • 貴古賤今/贵古贱今
  • 貴耳賤目/贵耳贱目
  • 貴賤/贵贱 (guìjiàn)
  • 貴賤之別/贵贱之别
  • 貴賤無二/贵贱无二
  • 貴賤無常/贵贱无常
  • 貴賤高下/贵贱高下
  • 貴遠賤近/贵远贱近
  • 賤丈夫/贱丈夫
  • 賞不遺賤/赏不遗贱
  • 賤事/贱事
  • 賤人/贱人 (jiànrén)
  • 賤價/贱价
  • 賤內/贱内 (jiànnèi)
  • 賤名/贱名
  • 賤如糞土/贱如粪土
  • 賤妾/贱妾 (jiànqiè)
  • 賤婢/贱婢
  • 賤役/贱役 (jiànyì)
  • 賤息/贱息
  • 賤恙/贱恙
  • 賤才/贱才
  • 賤斂貴出/贱敛贵出
  • 賤斂貴發/贱敛贵发
  • 賤格/贱格
  • 賤業/贱业
  • 賤民/贱民 (jiànmín)
  • 賤物/贱物
  • 賤視/贱视 (jiànshì)
  • 賤稱/贱称 (jiànchēng)
  • 賤累/贱累
  • 賤貨/贱货 (jiànhuò)
  • 賤貴窮通/贱贵穷通
  • 賤買貴賣/贱买贵卖
  • 賤賣/贱卖 (jiànmài)
  • 賤軀/贱躯
  • 賤造/贱造
  • 賤降/贱降 (jiànjiàng)
  • 賤骨頭/贱骨头
  • 賤體/贱体
  • 踊貴屨賤/踊贵屦贱
  • 輕賤/轻贱 (qīngjiàn)
  • 鄙賤/鄙贱 (bǐjiàn)
  • 隆古賤今/隆古贱今

Japanese

Shinjitai

賎

Kyūjitai

賤

Kanji

賤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 賎)

  1. cheap, worthless
  2. low-ranking, inferior, humble, plebeian
  3. to despise; to look down upon

Readings

Korean

Hanja

賤 • (cheon) (hangeul 천)

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Vietnamese

Han character

賤: Hán Nôm readings: tiện

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