鄙

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 啚 +  邑

Han character

鄙 (radical 163 邑+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口田弓中 (RWNL), four-corner 6762₇)

1. mean
2. low

References

• KangXi: page 1276, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39597
• Dae Jaweon: page 1776, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3792, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9119

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鄙 (Yale pei2)

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Japanese

Kanji

鄙 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lowly; countrified, hickish; the country, the sticks

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: ひな (hina), ひば-ぶ (hina-bu), ひば-びる (hina-biru), いや-しい (iya-shii), かたな-む (katana-mu), とひと (tohito)

Etymology

Originally a compound of 外 (to, “outside”) +‎ 人 (hito, “person”). The kanji used is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [to̞çito̞]

Noun

鄙 (hiragana とひと, romaji tohito)

1. (archaic, pejorative) a countrified or rustic person: a hick, a bumpkin

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Korean

Hanja

鄙 (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune-Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鄙 (pinyin bǐ (bi3), zhàng (zhang4), Wade-Giles pi³, chang⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鄙 (bỉ, bẽ)