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U+8CE4, 賤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CE4

[U+8CE3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8CE5]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
(extended)
Simplified

Han character

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

Derived Characters

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References

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  • 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

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alternative forms

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (15)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 6008
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zlens/

Definitions

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  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. (humble) my
      ―  Jiàn xìng Lǐ.  ―  My surname is Li.
  7. (Min) naughty; restless
  8. to look down upon; to despise
  9. to hate; to detest
  10. a surname: Jian

Synonyms

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  • (cheap):

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of cheap): (guì)

Hypernyms

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Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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(cheon) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: tiện

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