贱
inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,041 U+8D31
How 贱 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Costing little 戋 money 贝; 戋 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
cheap · Heisig RSH #375
float + clam
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 贱 as their sound component
These characters all use 贱 (jiàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贱 sound component | jiàn | cheap, low, mean, worthless |
| 溅 | jiàn | to sprinkle, to spray, to splash, to spill |
Words containing 贱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自轻自贱 | zì qīng zì jiàn | to belittle oneself; self-contempt |
| 贱骨头 | jiàn gǔ tou | miserable wretch; contemptible individual |
| 贫贱不能移 | pín jiàn bù néng yí | not shaken by poverty; to preserve one's ambitions although destitute |
| 大贱卖 | dà jiàn mài | to sell at a big discount |
| 贵远贱近 | guì yuǎn jiàn jìn | to revere the past and despise the present (idiom) |
| 威尊命贱 | wēi zūn mìng jiàn | (idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's lif… |
| 贱人 | jiàn rén | slut; cheap person |
| 手贱 | shǒu jiàn | (coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of |
| 下贱 | xià jiàn | humble; lowly; depraved; contemptible |
| 贵古贱今 | guì gǔ jiàn jīn | to revere the past and despise the present (idiom) |
| 贱民 | jiàn mín | social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste) |
| 作贱 | zuò jiàn | variant of 作踐|作践[zuo4 jian4] |
| 贱格 | jiàn gé | despicable |
| 亲疏贵贱 | qīn shū guì jiàn | close and distant, rich and poor (idiom); everyone; all possible relations |
| 贱内 | jiàn nèi | my wife (humble) |
| 嘴贱 | zuǐ jiàn | prone to saying sth inappropriate or offensive |
| 贱货 | jiàn huò | bitch; slut |
| 微贱 | wēi jiàn | humble; lowly |
| 低贱 | dī jiàn | lowly; humble; cheap; inexpensive |
| 贱称 | jiàn chēng | contemptuous term |