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贬

to diminish; to demote; to reduce or devaluate; to disparage; to censure; to depreciate

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,393 U+8D2C

How 贬 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To devalue 乏 currency 贝

components: 贝 乏

How to remember it

devalue · Heisig RSH #2253

贝 shellfish + 乏 weary

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 贬

WordPinyinMeaning
女性贬抑 nǚ xìng biǎn yì misogyny
货币贬值 huò bì biǎn zhí currency devaluation; to devaluate a currency
男性贬抑 nán xìng biǎn yì misandry
贬义 biǎn yì derogatory sense; negative connotation
贬词 biǎn cí derogatory term; expression of censure
贬官 biǎn guān to demote an official; a demoted official
一字褒贬 yī zì bāo biǎn (lit.) to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom); (fig.) concise and powerful…
看贬 kàn biǎn to expect (a currency etc) to depreciate
贬居 biǎn jū (period of) banishment or exile (old)
贬低 biǎn dī to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue
贬职 biǎn zhí to demote
贬多于褒 biǎn duō yú bāo to get more criticism than praise
贬称 biǎn chēng derogatory term; to refer to disparagingly (as)
贬值 biǎn zhí to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate
贬降 biǎn jiàng to demote
贬损 biǎn sǔn to mock; to disparage; to belittle
贬斥 biǎn chì to demote; to denounce
贬抑 biǎn yì to belittle; to disparage; to demean
褒贬 bāo biǎn to appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of; praise and censure; appraisal
贬谪 biǎn zhé to banish from the court; to relegate